Analysis
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max time kernel
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max time network
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platform
windows10-2004_x64 -
resource
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resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20240508-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
18-05-2024 01:06
Static task
static1
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
Celesty.exe
Resource
win7-20240215-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
Celesty.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20240508-en
General
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Target
Celesty.exe
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Size
1.7MB
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MD5
8966d25141f5e150ff7d02ac502cce46
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SHA1
f882485d1ffac1b75b60794824b771e4ce33d7b7
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SHA256
8694257c04deed3937833145954c65564627f7d40cd20f8401696933a03b7e3f
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SHA512
caedef6e8fdc042d6586816bdc87c36b3d40c22a8e4e331d46296b669ed03f2e295f4b44ed4092f43e8d0dad8cc40766982d6938d1d638fb4e4eecaddd529df3
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SSDEEP
49152:6PxCjaDpascfyHTtgWc79pGvFog9hlQ0xM7QYeYnUgy:mCq4sokTtlPFooQzzU/
Malware Config
Extracted
mercurialgrabber
https://discord.com/api/webhooks/935223250571640882/ViB43kUXE9CCFxm2v1jxJfLyHYVNk3Y3-laU94OpWmJjw7id0TwbDJUP1by4-O7zvfZu
Signatures
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Mercurial Grabber Stealer
Mercurial Grabber is an open source stealer targeting Chrome, Discord and some game clients as well as generic system information.
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Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Oracle\VirtualBox Guest Additions CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Looks for VMWare Tools registry key 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMWare, Inc.\VMWare Tools CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VMWare, Inc.\VMWare Tools CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation Celesty.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation CelestyBuilder.exe Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation CELESTY.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation CelestyBuilder.exe -
Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs
pid Process 2160 CelestyBuilder.exe 4652 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE 2272 CelestyBuilder.exe 4836 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE 3096 CELESTY.EXE -
Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
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Legitimate hosting services abused for malware hosting/C2 1 TTPs 5 IoCs
flow ioc 12 discord.com 13 discord.com 21 discord.com 25 discord.com 30 discord.com -
Looks up external IP address via web service 4 IoCs
Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.
flow ioc 7 ip4.seeip.org 10 ip-api.com 18 ip4.seeip.org 6 ip4.seeip.org -
Maps connected drives based on registry 3 TTPs 4 IoCs
Disk information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Disk\Enum CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\disk\Enum\0 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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Checks SCSI registry key(s) 3 TTPs 2 IoCs
SCSI information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\SCSI\Disk&Ven_VMware_&Prod_VMware_Virtual_S CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 4 IoCs
Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Enumerates system info in registry 2 TTPs 8 IoCs
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\Logical Unit Id 0 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosInformation CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemManufacturer CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Key value queried \REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemProductName CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Modifies registry class 33 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0\NodeSlot = "1" CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{4336a54d-038b-4685-ab02-99bb52d3fb8b}\Instance\ CELESTY.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\LogicalViewMode = "1" CELESTY.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\GroupByKey:PID = "0" CELESTY.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\FFlags = "1" CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell CELESTY.EXE Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = ffffffff CELESTY.EXE Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots = 02 CELESTY.EXE Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg CELESTY.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\IconSize = "16" CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0 CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags CELESTY.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\Mode = "4" CELESTY.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\GroupByKey:FMTID = "{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656} CELESTY.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\FFlags = "1092616257" CELESTY.EXE Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\ColInfo = 00000000000000000000000000000000fddfdffd100000000000000000000000040000001800000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac0a0000001001000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac0e0000009000000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac040000007800000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac0c00000050000000 CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0 CELESTY.EXE Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Shell\SniffedFolderType = "Documents" CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\WOW6432Node\CLSID\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}\Instance\ CELESTY.EXE Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\NodeSlots CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1 CELESTY.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\GroupView = "0" CELESTY.EXE Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\GroupByDirection = "1" CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU CELESTY.EXE Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\MRUListEx = 00000000ffffffff CELESTY.EXE Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0 = 14002e80922b16d365937a46956b92703aca08af0000 CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\Shell CELESTY.EXE Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\1\ComDlg\{7D49D726-3C21-4F05-99AA-FDC2C9474656}\Sort = 000000000000000000000000000000000100000030f125b7ef471a10a5f102608c9eebac0a00000001000000 CELESTY.EXE Key created \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings CELESTY.EXE Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0 = 14001f50e04fd020ea3a6910a2d808002b30309d0000 CELESTY.EXE Set value (data) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-4124900551-4068476067-3491212533-1000_Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\BagMRU\0\0\MRUListEx = ffffffff CELESTY.EXE -
Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam 1 IoCs
pid Process 3096 CELESTY.EXE -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4652 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE Token: SeDebugPrivilege 4836 CELESTY BUILDER.EXE -
Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow 2 IoCs
pid Process 3096 CELESTY.EXE 3096 CELESTY.EXE -
Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage 2 IoCs
pid Process 3096 CELESTY.EXE 3096 CELESTY.EXE -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 3 IoCs
pid Process 3096 CELESTY.EXE 3096 CELESTY.EXE 3096 CELESTY.EXE -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 16 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 3080 wrote to memory of 2160 3080 Celesty.exe 83 PID 3080 wrote to memory of 2160 3080 Celesty.exe 83 PID 3080 wrote to memory of 2160 3080 Celesty.exe 83 PID 2160 wrote to memory of 4652 2160 CelestyBuilder.exe 84 PID 2160 wrote to memory of 4652 2160 CelestyBuilder.exe 84 PID 2160 wrote to memory of 1712 2160 CelestyBuilder.exe 86 PID 2160 wrote to memory of 1712 2160 CelestyBuilder.exe 86 PID 2160 wrote to memory of 1712 2160 CelestyBuilder.exe 86 PID 1712 wrote to memory of 2272 1712 CELESTY.EXE 87 PID 1712 wrote to memory of 2272 1712 CELESTY.EXE 87 PID 1712 wrote to memory of 2272 1712 CELESTY.EXE 87 PID 2272 wrote to memory of 4836 2272 CelestyBuilder.exe 89 PID 2272 wrote to memory of 4836 2272 CelestyBuilder.exe 89 PID 2272 wrote to memory of 3096 2272 CelestyBuilder.exe 91 PID 2272 wrote to memory of 3096 2272 CelestyBuilder.exe 91 PID 2272 wrote to memory of 3096 2272 CelestyBuilder.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celesty.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Celesty.exe"1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3080 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dump\CelestyBuilder.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dump\CelestyBuilder.exe"2⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2160 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY BUILDER.EXE"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY BUILDER.EXE"3⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4652
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY.EXE"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY.EXE"3⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1712 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dump\CelestyBuilder.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\dump\CelestyBuilder.exe"4⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2272 -
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY BUILDER.EXE"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY BUILDER.EXE"5⤵
- Looks for VirtualBox Guest Additions in registry
- Looks for VMWare Tools registry key
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Executes dropped EXE
- Maps connected drives based on registry
- Checks SCSI registry key(s)
- Checks processor information in registry
- Enumerates system info in registry
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4836
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY.EXE"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CELESTY.EXE"5⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: GetForegroundWindowSpam
- Suspicious use of FindShellTrayWindow
- Suspicious use of SendNotifyMessage
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:3096
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
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Downloads
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Filesize
128B
MD5a5dcc7c9c08af7dddd82be5b036a4416
SHA14f998ca1526d199e355ffb435bae111a2779b994
SHA256e24033ceec97fd03402b03acaaabd1d1e378e83bb1683afbccac760e00f8ead5
SHA51256035de734836c0c39f0b48641c51c26adb6e79c6c65e23ca96603f71c95b8673e2ef853146e87efc899dd1878d0bbc2c82d91fbf0fce81c552048e986f9bb5a
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Filesize
41KB
MD54cc81e53b9037673b9014431e9be0e60
SHA162c57cbad6be321e65bea71bd87801fcb0bf7af9
SHA2561baf3f560a47aacd9a841939ff127fbade26095dd47867dfec38bc2f1fa4a9ad
SHA512dae96f885d20fe185302f689f844032797209b28d1295444a29fa730d01b520e7994121fe8bd2b55c0d21b395da372a9846d9dec5960edfecd40ac41690d36ff
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Filesize
2.7MB
MD5c3009ee63bc661d9ea75eaeb256448ca
SHA145eb01150756df432e25eed44d976442473356de
SHA2560bb88564a22bfd6d9ad6e4d8efa9077792a7b6094c2a0f865d70c43e11507352
SHA51296f5847fbeef95df1309e97a4bc3d786a5f5c19b87e804f12d88b4473a0b50291c40407a3d95a2d5d78031f03be76da47f1846a73c7802ddae46a38ac4634e67
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Filesize
2.8MB
MD5d604d3ac515faf6ad32e8e57c170d389
SHA102069909d405b33af28da67ad232013307a198b2
SHA2565d3955502a6b63e394eea67aad6c83dfa80d08484d9f11956e77ec5b47c6f8b8
SHA512bb1d77a7430204eef2ecb3cdfb7d2b2b5f80f9f5fefee6cbff2fc69538523177e8010d9dc4b353f4adc4c6bdba2c398ceac90ce43a1302b2cdf5149dd7680817