64d92f79a2d87571d428b7b19ef4f5c1680c24c8952a2f46b84f217cfba19766

Analysis

max time kernel
153s
max time network
195s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20220414-en
submitted
22-04-2022 00:22

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General

Target

qhqyqusx.xlsm
Size

46KB
MD5

363495acb4327435709de91edaef8338
SHA1

11ea485cddc9de2db0397f02f00a564a9468f032
SHA256

64d92f79a2d87571d428b7b19ef4f5c1680c24c8952a2f46b84f217cfba19766
SHA512

1502abfa4494c69541cbaf3f00b176f04a45802b35a0818f0a46cd229a99dd675a7b8746efa946ea37efd7305c18a00eaba4a48c251d19d084fcbf4e575cf10e

Score

10^/10

Malware Config

Extracted

Language

xlm4.0

Source

URLs

xlm40.dropper

http://eles-tech.com/css/KzMysMqFMs/

xlm40.dropper

http://gonorthhalifax.com/wp-content/yTmYyLbTKZV2czsUO/

Signatures

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 (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE is not expected to spawn this process	1668	1728	regsvr32.exe	26

Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\FloatingPointProcessor	EXCEL.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\""	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2277218442-1199762539-2004043321-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\ONBttnIE.dll/105"	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit"	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2277218442-1199762539-2004043321-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000"	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2277218442-1199762539-2004043321-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2277218442-1199762539-2004043321-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2277218442-1199762539-2004043321-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2277218442-1199762539-2004043321-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes"	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2277218442-1199762539-2004043321-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2277218442-1199762539-2004043321-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2277218442-1199762539-2004043321-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1"	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\""	EXCEL.EXE

Modifies registry class 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Old Icon\htmlfile	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\application\ = "Excel"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%1\")]"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print\command	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\""	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%1\")]"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\application	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Version\14	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\""	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\application	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic\ = "system"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\application	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe\" /p %1"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\DefaultIcon	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\application\ = "Excel"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\DefaultIcon\ = "\"%1\""	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b005000750062005000720069006d006100720079003e00520024006e0075006a0053005700460065003f007d0061004c00720052007000390078004000570020002500310000000000	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%1\")]"	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Apartment"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic\ = "system"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Edit\ = "&Edit"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\application\ = "Excel"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shellex\IconHandler\ = "{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher	EXCEL.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe\" /p %1"	EXCEL.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE\" /dde"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%1\")]"	EXCEL.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b005000750062005000720069006d006100720079003e00520024006e0075006a0053005700460065003f007d0061004c00720052007000390078004000570020002500310000000000	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1728	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1728	EXCEL.EXE
1728	EXCEL.EXE
1728	EXCEL.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 7 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1668	1728	EXCEL.EXE	29
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1668	1728	EXCEL.EXE	29
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1668	1728	EXCEL.EXE	29
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1668	1728	EXCEL.EXE	29
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1668	1728	EXCEL.EXE	29
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1668	1728	EXCEL.EXE	29
PID 1728 wrote to memory of 1668	1728	EXCEL.EXE	29

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE" /dde C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qhqyqusx.xlsm
1⤵
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1728
- C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWow64\regsvr32.exe -s ..\xewn.dll
  2⤵
  - Process spawned unexpected child process
  PID:1668

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

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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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\xewn.dll

Filesize
677KB

MD5
c54e834277b53cef05b79f9f640a4309

SHA1
6fb18f8adb048b5c723aaa3f0367cd5cc0df3d0e

SHA256
3f61e9b6a3fc046b07cffc39cf4d4befba1c1c8cf7acb59434c0dd7ee3ba3e6c

SHA512
00de2545e37bbfa2e8dc2b5b692016204b8ed483284a56e237534b3a6d7820f7b4a8a638071b549b9508fbe817310b8e4d91201fdf7eaff136960f0d80b589a0

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memory/1668-59-0x0000000076451000-0x0000000076453000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1728-54-0x000000002F511000-0x000000002F514000-memory.dmp

Filesize
12KB

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memory/1728-55-0x00000000715E1000-0x00000000715E3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1728-56-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1728-57-0x00000000725CD000-0x00000000725D8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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