neshta | 529f719598de598f4f8a9e3715f214f1cf246f6ca8e63645efae784fba9eecc8

Analysis

max time kernel
121s
max time network
123s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
07-01-2025 23:58

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
Size

2.0MB
MD5

800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7
SHA1

d85b2856e1f9a816dddd6c25d38d765c7b83fe76
SHA256

529f719598de598f4f8a9e3715f214f1cf246f6ca8e63645efae784fba9eecc8
SHA512

1fb8b641c44c087147b88df5eadd60014498e44b2aed043100f52b84ca58cf2279b5abc828c6d542d45247110146ec633ff63528ab94527d29ebb334897145a8
SSDEEP

49152:o96NRteryADpCW2G7CqreesNLsaisNeX7hwgqXn8D4E0fhbLUOq:o4NRIpcGCq/sqaisG7Vr0fh8Oq

Score

10^/10

neshta discovery evasion persistence spyware stealer trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

Detect Neshta payload 15 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/1992-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-80-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-81-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-82-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-83-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-84-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-86-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-88-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-89-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-90-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta
behavioral1/memory/1992-93-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp	family_neshta

Neshta
Malware from the neshta family is designed to infect itself into other files to spread itself and cause damage.
persistence spyware neshta
Neshta family
neshta

Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM) 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\ACPI\DSDT\VBOX__	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe

Checks BIOS information in registry 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

BIOS information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\VideoBiosVersion	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe

Identifies Wine through registry keys 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Wine is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications, which can be used as sandboxing environment.

evasion

Query Registry

T1012

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2872745919-2748461613-2989606286-1000\Software\Wine	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe

Modifies system executable filetype association 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Modify Registry

T1112

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*"	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 3 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001

Credentials from Web Browsers
T1555.003

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe

Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1992	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe

Drops file in Program Files directory 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GO664E~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\WINWORD.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~2\ACCESS~1\wordpad.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\ADOBEA~1\Versions\1.0\ADOBEA~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DW20.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\TextConv\WksConv\Wkconv.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~4.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{33D1F~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\WORDICON.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\DW\DWTRIG20.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\BCSSync.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\NAMECO~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\SELFCERT.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\WinMail.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{57A73~1\VC_RED~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\OFFICE~1\ODeploy.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~3.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\VPREVIEW.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\wab.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI4223~1\sidebar.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ieinstal.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{61087~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\DISABL~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\iexplore.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSTORDB.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTEM.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~1\wabmig.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{EF6B0~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\Updater6\ADOBE_~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\ink\mip.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOBD5D~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOOGLE~2.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ACCICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOHTMED.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSQRY32.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WINDOW~4\ImagingDevices.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\WMPDMC.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmplayer.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\Adobe\Updater6\ADOBEU~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\FLTLDR.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\MSOICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmpconfig.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\PPTICO.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{CA675~1\VCREDI~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\OFFICE14\Oarpmany.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\CNFNOT32.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\IECONT~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\OIS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOUC.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\ONENOTE.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\XLICONS.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\COMMON~1\MICROS~1\MSInfo\msinfo32.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\Google\Update\1336~1.151\GOF5E2~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\INTERN~1\ielowutil.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\MSOSYNC.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\INFOPATH.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\misc.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmlaunch.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~3\PACKAG~1\{4D8DC~1\VC_RED~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MICROS~1\Office14\GROOVEMN.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\MOZILL~1\MAINTE~1.EXE	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
File opened for modification	C:\PROGRA~2\WI54FB~1\wmprph.exe	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\svchost.com	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.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 1 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	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe

Modifies registry class 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\exefile\shell\open\command\ = "C:\\Windows\\svchost.com \"%1\" %*"	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1992	JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_800a2fdf97e975757dd1a146d0aa32f7.exe"
1⤵
- Identifies VirtualBox via ACPI registry values (likely anti-VM)
- Checks BIOS information in registry
- Identifies Wine through registry keys
- Modifies system executable filetype association
- Checks whether UAC is enabled
- Suspicious use of NtSetInformationThreadHideFromDebugger
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Modifies registry class
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
PID:1992

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Privilege Escalation

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Change Default File Association

T1546.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion

T1497

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\MSOCache\ALLUSE~1\{90140~1\dwtrig20.exe

Filesize
547KB

MD5
90ab4786f389bb5c007e76fc78f8b6fe

SHA1
93bec2d4d150c10a82e5db18a9bd6a701588a0e9

SHA256
311fb94d95e721b115e4b27b8326331861bfcef274203c903385ad2811ac0f8c

SHA512
299d2fe78c8327c54777bb8d8ac580bf3d856e9aef447e261423d4ec87390f8fb030b7d1d33c2f25137279097e667611c181ed60f1a2fefd3591993bd9d63b2e

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memory/1992-81-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-89-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-4-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-5-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-1-0x0000000077770000-0x0000000077772000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1992-7-0x0000000002C40000-0x0000000002C50000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1992-82-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-93-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-2-0x0000000000401000-0x0000000000406000-memory.dmp

Filesize
20KB

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memory/1992-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-83-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-85-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-84-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-86-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-87-0x0000000002C40000-0x0000000002C50000-memory.dmp

Filesize
64KB

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memory/1992-88-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-90-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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memory/1992-80-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000090A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.0MB

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