# CVE-2024-6911: ProcessPlus - Arbitrary File Read

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Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-6911

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 8.7
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** PerkinElmer ProcessPlus
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties)
- **Tags:** enterprise_software, windows

## Description

Files on the Windows system are accessible without authentication to external parties due to a local file inclusion in PerkinElmer ProcessPlus.This issue affects ProcessPlus: through 1.11.6507.0.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-6911](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6911) is a high-severity vulnerability in PerkinElmer ProcessPlus through version 1.11.6507.0 that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the Windows system via a local file inclusion flaw. This exposure could enable external parties to access sensitive information, potentially leading to data breaches or further system compromise.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 11th of February 2026.

CrowdSec has not observed any significant exploitation activity targeting CVE-2024-6911 across its network. As a result, no community-driven trend analysis is available for this vulnerability at this time.

Attackers exploit this vulnerability by sending requests to URLs containing `/ProcessPlus/Log/Download/` with a `filename` parameter set to Windows file paths (e.g., `..\..\..\..\..\..\Windows\win.ini`) to perform local file inclusion and access sensitive files.

## Timeline

- 2024-07-22: CVE Published. CVE-2024-6911 is published to NVD.
- 2026-02-11: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-6911 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.

## References

- https://cyberdanube.com/en/en-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-perten-processplus/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-6911.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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