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Analysis

max time kernel
119s
max time network
121s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20231129-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20231129-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
11/01/2024, 21:16

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General

Target

$PLUGINSDIR/gc_license.rtf
Size

14KB
MD5

5190bd8d892384b72d0a7f5eb4364eb0
SHA1

4960e2af31f9dc90f6c8f864b8fb865150e76e97
SHA256

cd47392546a0b63061e33a431debd341f21755d794b59d14b6272ae895725db3
SHA512

718bd94078f78f074d6dee299aadd12041e1b7cee9a51aa8ce320477845d627259da76239ac1f10a87dd90135c1a9c83f65ddd6dc1eac4d18ef210a3cd2b6295
SSDEEP

384:PMxEXYxvXulMRXk///JGGl/q7yJQCTLDJTLSjYC12xx:VXYx2lW0/3JGGl/q76QCTPJTWYC12xx

Score

4^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\Debug\WIA\wiatrace.log	WINWORD.EXE

Office loads VBA resources, possible macro or embedded object present

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3627615824-4061627003-3019543961-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3627615824-4061627003-3019543961-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3627615824-4061627003-3019543961-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit"	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3627615824-4061627003-3019543961-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3627615824-4061627003-3019543961-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\ONBttnIE.dll/105"	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3627615824-4061627003-3019543961-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel	WINWORD.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\""	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3627615824-4061627003-3019543961-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3627615824-4061627003-3019543961-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1"	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.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\""	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3627615824-4061627003-3019543961-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000"	WINWORD.EXE

Modifies registry class 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\""	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic	WINWORD.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"	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shellex\IconHandler	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\ShellEx	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b005000750062005000720069006d006100720079003e00520024006e0075006a0053005700460065003f007d0061004c00720052007000390078004000570020002500310000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe\" /p %1"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\topic	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0045005800430045004c00460069006c00650073003e00560069006a00710042006f006600280059003800270077002100460049006400310067004c00510020002f0064006400650000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Edit	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Print\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe\" /p %1"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\""	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\InprocServer32\ThreadingModel = "Apartment"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Edit\ = "&Edit"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Print\ = "&Print"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Old Icon	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\InprocServer32	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%1\")]"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\DefaultIcon	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Version\14	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\msohtmed.exe\" %1"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\MSPub.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%1\")]"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Word\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0045005800430045004c00460069006c00650073003e00560069006a00710042006f006600280059003800270077002100460049006400310067004c00510020002f0064006400650000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shellex\IconHandler	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell\Edit\command	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}\Old Icon\htmlfile	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Publisher\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\DefaultIcon\ = "\"%1\""	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shellex\IconHandler\ = "{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\ddeexec\application	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Wow6432Node\CLSID\{42042206-2D85-11D3-8CFF-005004838597}	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\htmlfile\shell\Edit\ = "&Edit"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE\" /dde"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Excel.exe\shell\edit\ddeexec\ = "[open(\"%1\")]"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\mhtmlfile\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.mht\OpenWithList\WinWord.exe\shell\edit\ = "&Open"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithList\Microsoft Excel\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0045005800430045004c00460069006c00650073003e00560069006a00710042006f006600280059003800270077002100460049006400310067004c00510020002f0064006400650000000000	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2220	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2220	WINWORD.EXE
2220	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2728	2220	WINWORD.EXE	30
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2728	2220	WINWORD.EXE	30
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2728	2220	WINWORD.EXE	30
PID 2220 wrote to memory of 2728	2220	WINWORD.EXE	30

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /n "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\$PLUGINSDIR\gc_license.rtf"
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2220
- C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
  C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
  2⤵
  PID:2728

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm

Filesize
20KB

MD5
cd580e420b7eaef053000193f42d60bf

SHA1
f0dae153270ba54c9f2be8d7b7bb848fc39a34eb

SHA256
af0f9ca9851c5f2b799ddbf6811149437193f03e573d3e8abba298c2632431ba

SHA512
62b05d1e46410ef10b7735175335e678fb6c13b7a1cf98ab3eb837d333ed2a6e8aec369111716d28d3b865924f040f060eca5016a83cb3addc3ad00b5180c0a3

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memory/2220-0-0x000000002F461000-0x000000002F462000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2220-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2220-2-0x0000000070FAD000-0x0000000070FB8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2220-11-0x0000000070FAD000-0x0000000070FB8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2220-29-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2220-30-0x0000000070FAD000-0x0000000070FB8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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