modiloader | cebdf4f50b4df48230b3da0c6eb9b10ff6c04130f1f0e9f4ec1862db3af14e17

Analysis

max time kernel
147s
max time network
119s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240729-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240729-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
01/12/2024, 21:30

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General

Target

b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Size

227KB
MD5

b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b
SHA1

ba9b65f50400ddb474446c9fbf5190b877306b0f
SHA256

cebdf4f50b4df48230b3da0c6eb9b10ff6c04130f1f0e9f4ec1862db3af14e17
SHA512

590779e70ecbc626e9befe565dc2e5af93c8ce5b3068b49ee63f4a531aa638b5db7de5abff302569ff6a3617fb8a2fe8f7bebc0b9708f4ef61f8245d09d9b187
SSDEEP

6144:FdfWmWPwM6Y1e389C0sonH3UScqWXzC98SDTbCf:FcmWPwMQ38E+HcnXz4/bCf

Score

10^/10

modiloader discovery evasion persistence trojan upx

Malware Config

Signatures

ModiLoader, DBatLoader
ModiLoader is a Delphi loader that misuses cloud services to download other malicious families.
trojan modiloader
Modiloader family
modiloader

UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	edit.exe

ModiLoader Second Stage 21 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2680-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2680-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2680-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-51-0x0000000076850000-0x0000000076940000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-56-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-59-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-78-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2
behavioral1/memory/2248-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	modiloader_stage2

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
808	edit.exe
2248	edit.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2703099537-420551529-3771253338-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\edit = "C:\\Windows\\edit.exe"	edit.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	edit.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	edit.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2632 set thread context of 2680	2632	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 808 set thread context of 2248	808	edit.exe	35

UPX packed file 28 IoCs

Detects executables packed with UPX/modified UPX open source packer.

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2680-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2680-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-49-0x0000000076850000-0x0000000076940000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-51-0x0000000076850000-0x0000000076940000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-56-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-59-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-78-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral1/memory/2248-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 5 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\ntdtcstp.dll	edit.exe
File created	C:\Windows\cmsetac.dll	edit.exe
File created	C:\Windows\edit.exe	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\edit.exe	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\edit.exe	edit.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	edit.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	edit.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2680	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3056	vssvc.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3056	vssvc.exe
Token: SeAuditPrivilege	3056	vssvc.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2248	edit.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2248	edit.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 4 IoCs

pid	Process
2632	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe
808	edit.exe
2248	edit.exe
2248	edit.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2680	2632	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2680	2632	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2680	2632	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2680	2632	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2680	2632	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2680	2632	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2680	2632	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2680	2632	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	30
PID 2680 wrote to memory of 808	2680	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	34
PID 2680 wrote to memory of 808	2680	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	34
PID 2680 wrote to memory of 808	2680	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	34
PID 2680 wrote to memory of 808	2680	b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe	34
PID 808 wrote to memory of 2248	808	edit.exe	35
PID 808 wrote to memory of 2248	808	edit.exe	35
PID 808 wrote to memory of 2248	808	edit.exe	35
PID 808 wrote to memory of 2248	808	edit.exe	35
PID 808 wrote to memory of 2248	808	edit.exe	35
PID 808 wrote to memory of 2248	808	edit.exe	35
PID 808 wrote to memory of 2248	808	edit.exe	35
PID 808 wrote to memory of 2248	808	edit.exe	35

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	edit.exe

Uses Volume Shadow Copy service COM API
The Volume Shadow Copy service is used to manage backups/snapshots.
ransomware

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2632
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe
  2⤵
  - Checks whether UAC is enabled
  - Drops file in Windows directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2680
- - C:\Windows\edit.exe
    "C:\Windows\edit.exe" \melt "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b_JaffaCakes118.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    - Drops file in Windows directory
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:808
  - - C:\Windows\edit.exe
      4⤵
      UAC bypass
      Executes dropped EXE
      Adds Run key to start application
      Checks whether UAC is enabled
      Drops file in Windows directory
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
      System policy modification
      PID:2248

C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
C:\Windows\system32\vssvc.exe
1⤵
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:3056

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Windows\edit.exe

Filesize
227KB

MD5
b53ebeac99f9bbaf1e7621bf1f63409b

SHA1
ba9b65f50400ddb474446c9fbf5190b877306b0f

SHA256
cebdf4f50b4df48230b3da0c6eb9b10ff6c04130f1f0e9f4ec1862db3af14e17

SHA512
590779e70ecbc626e9befe565dc2e5af93c8ce5b3068b49ee63f4a531aa638b5db7de5abff302569ff6a3617fb8a2fe8f7bebc0b9708f4ef61f8245d09d9b187

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memory/2248-59-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-90-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-87-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-84-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-51-0x0000000076850000-0x0000000076940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
960KB

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memory/2248-81-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-78-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-75-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-72-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-69-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-41-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-40-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-39-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-45-0x0000000000290000-0x0000000000291000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2248-38-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-46-0x0000000000890000-0x000000000089E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2248-49-0x0000000076850000-0x0000000076940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
960KB

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memory/2248-48-0x0000000076860000-0x0000000076861000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2248-50-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2248-53-0x00000000003F0000-0x00000000003F8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/2248-54-0x0000000000890000-0x000000000089E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/2248-55-0x0000000076850000-0x0000000076940000-memory.dmp

Filesize
960KB

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memory/2248-56-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2680-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2680-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2680-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2680-25-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2680-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2680-14-0x0000000000250000-0x0000000000251000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2680-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2680-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2680-5-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2680-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000450000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/2680-6-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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