31475717735f9aee20def2a4044b42a52cb92e8cf885b92a042099a273688135

Analysis

max time kernel
122s
max time network
134s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
07-04-2024 18:11

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General

Target

Challenge_FIles/Employee_W2_Form.docx
Size

12KB
MD5

45e7d6562bfddb816d45649dd667abde
SHA1

00087e46ec0ef6225de59868fd016bd9dd77fa3c
SHA256

679bbe0c50754853978a3a583505ebb99bce720cf26a6aaf8be06cd879701ff1
SHA512

0567873b42eece93787da4f4c3b72ecb0d952450d8eb59b354a5f91ed95395a2662171e05cdcf4a829fdbd0b5cbcca97701fef9b96b1ad0d8728922bbd0288fa
SSDEEP

192:f6ijVmar18H111M05AgPekrFD2h0vsmyVk7PeOJ2wc3rMKkokceeQh:f6ijca6H111/eo1hvsHieIhoseQh

Score

4^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

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

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

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

description	ioc	process
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2461186416-2307104501-1787948496-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2461186416-2307104501-1787948496-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2461186416-2307104501-1787948496-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2461186416-2307104501-1787948496-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2461186416-2307104501-1787948496-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\Contexts = "1"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor	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 HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\ = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\WINWORD.EXE\" /n \"%1\""	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2461186416-2307104501-1787948496-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2461186416-2307104501-1787948496-1000\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	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2461186416-2307104501-1787948496-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000"	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	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2461186416-2307104501-1787948496-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55"	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell	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 HTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\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 MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command	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

Modifies registry class 64 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

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

NTFS ADS 1 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

description	ioc	process
File opened for modification	C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Challenge_FIles\mhtml:arsenal.30cm.tw:1212\word.html!x-usc:arsenal.30cm.tw:1212\word.html	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

pid process

2940 WINWORD.EXE
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

pid process

2940 WINWORD.EXE
2940 WINWORD.EXE

pid	process
2940	WINWORD.EXE

pid	process
2940	WINWORD.EXE
2940	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

Processes:

WINWORD.EXE

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 2388	2940	WINWORD.EXE	splwow64.exe
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 2388	2940	WINWORD.EXE	splwow64.exe
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 2388	2940	WINWORD.EXE	splwow64.exe
PID 2940 wrote to memory of 2388	2940	WINWORD.EXE	splwow64.exe

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\Challenge_FIles\Employee_W2_Form.docx"
1⤵
- Drops file in Windows directory
- Modifies Internet Explorer settings
- Modifies registry class
- NTFS ADS
- Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2940

C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
2⤵
PID:2388

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Lateral Movement

Collection

Exfiltration

Command and Control

Impact

Resource Development

Reconnaissance

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm
Filesize
20KB

MD5
8b2bff24a64529c9b75ffab9fc7b0b0e

SHA1
29b39ff54f4fb30a7731dd879bdaadfd2e4d9905

SHA256
05f8538e7b80c17d1a7e88826a431a5a6ae1286aebc7b02f8945a9e1d6023ef3

SHA512
ec0afda22fad5780651ae98b1c2512af8e17c4d74b2f1fad02cdeeb4abda732e00c207ff11af3e33ab9fdf82433745917a4def0fe5a68444a53f16cc807b2324

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memory/2940-0-0x000000002FAD1000-0x000000002FAD2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2940-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2940-2-0x000000007108D000-0x0000000071098000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2940-11-0x000000007108D000-0x0000000071098000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2940-32-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v13

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