844a17a6a53f849d31668e7bb26e2ddc0606a3785e3374da92e0e8f241a0da05

Analysis

max time kernel
121s
max time network
122s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240221-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240221-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
01/05/2024, 01:41

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General

Target

844a17a6a53f849d31668e7bb26e2ddc0606a3785e3374da92e0e8f241a0da05.rtf
Size

384KB
MD5

af31bf147cf66992b9f4a2b344cb2c25
SHA1

8489a7ea542bcec1736471577ebadd7a877d3479
SHA256

844a17a6a53f849d31668e7bb26e2ddc0606a3785e3374da92e0e8f241a0da05
SHA512

5b8ec6102a5121877e05347ac66ca9b808746b311508c097bfc14c4dd8aab522f73e6c8602071f72c1b9be02e27ee4d6f7ce33d0de6b1900aae85b9c4898c5d2
SSDEEP

6144:9wAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAYwAirM2m2+:vY

Score

8^/10

Malware Config

Signatures

Blocklisted process makes network request 2 IoCs

flow	pid	Process
5	1784	EQNEDT32.EXE
7	1784	EQNEDT32.EXE

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

Launches Equation Editor 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Equation Editor is an old Office component often targeted by exploits such as CVE-2017-11882.

exploit

Exploitation for Client Execution

T1203

pid	Process
1784	EQNEDT32.EXE

Modifies Internet Explorer settings 1 TTPs 31 IoCs

adware spyware

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\ = "&Edit"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3452737119-3959686427-228443150-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\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 HTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3452737119-3959686427-228443150-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\Contexts = "55"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3452737119-3959686427-228443150-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\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\ = "&Edit"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3452737119-3959686427-228443150-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3452737119-3959686427-228443150-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Se&nd to OneNote\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\ONBttnIE.dll/105"	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3452737119-3959686427-228443150-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\E&xport to Microsoft Excel\ = "res://C:\\PROGRA~2\\MICROS~1\\Office14\\EXCEL.EXE/3000"	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\COMMAND	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\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	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor	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 (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3452737119-3959686427-228443150-1000\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\COMMAND	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor	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
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
Set value (data)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default MHTML Editor\shell\edit\command\command = 7800620027004200560035002100210021002100210021002100210021004d004b004b0053006b0057004f0052004400460069006c00650073003e00620069002400540021005600210030005a003d007b0050006b00300076006d007e0041005a00750020002f006e002000220025003100220000000000	WINWORD.EXE
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3452737119-3959686427-228443150-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShowDiscussionButton = "Yes"	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3452737119-3959686427-228443150-1000\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt	WINWORD.EXE
Key deleted	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell	WINWORD.EXE
Key created	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command	WINWORD.EXE

Modifies registry class 64 IoCs

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

Suspicious behavior: AddClipboardFormatListener 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2956	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2956	WINWORD.EXE
2956	WINWORD.EXE

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2892	2956	WINWORD.EXE	31
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2892	2956	WINWORD.EXE	31
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2892	2956	WINWORD.EXE	31
PID 2956 wrote to memory of 2892	2956	WINWORD.EXE	31

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\844a17a6a53f849d31668e7bb26e2ddc0606a3785e3374da92e0e8f241a0da05.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:2956
- C:\Windows\splwow64.exe
  C:\Windows\splwow64.exe 12288
  2⤵
  PID:2892

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\EQUATION\EQNEDT32.EXE" -Embedding
1⤵
- Blocklisted process makes network request
- Launches Equation Editor
PID:1784

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Exploitation for Client Execution

T1203

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
61bdc148b46f9bfa2db4b7e0d375618b

SHA1
78b646662f5bd2fc6e90a24b1d7e2fd7ce86a785

SHA256
173f906c238d7d872fef6b05a54822f3fb481660173e7a3e6b6cc01f9402ca69

SHA512
07ce2df81f5503376ed04c2433b96cded54cbcdb77c8d833283c34721eaf9d966da0d839dd522174442eba34315ee9db5899958af3699511f99af6b6656f5861

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memory/2956-0-0x000000002FBF1000-0x000000002FBF2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2956-1-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/2956-2-0x00000000716AD000-0x00000000716B8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2956-26-0x00000000716AD000-0x00000000716B8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
44KB

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memory/2956-47-0x000000005FFF0000-0x0000000060000000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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