vipkeylogger | 1fa03ffa990685dcc676b8706fd5ef7246de2c18b97c14d882ee25b0d130955e

Analysis

max time kernel
125s
max time network
130s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
21-01-2025 15:43

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General

Target

Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
Size

854KB
MD5

843f8757da04e0c033d219e17ca2109d
SHA1

9931f04fba177026099278dc26464d4208ac4d59
SHA256

1fa03ffa990685dcc676b8706fd5ef7246de2c18b97c14d882ee25b0d130955e
SHA512

1876034dfe7a0778fff64cee8fad025d37971c38eab9b56442959d5231cf17a070e46515194da2bf8a2c31e02cc3022710b14a0ee53ac3c7fbe0d880393a2284
SSDEEP

12288:ZQRgIO8DfhQ0G5qUWB1aJX4KzAibxVR/HlbwShkeUr9P33NHOMfYa1T:ZOjfh6qK4Kcib/b/4PH9OkT

Score

10^/10

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Malware Config

Extracted

Credentials

Protocol: ftp
Host:
kashmirestore.com
Port:
21
Username:
[email protected]
Password:
c%P+6,(]YFvP

Extracted

Family

vipkeylogger

Signatures

VIPKeylogger
VIPKeylogger is a keylogger and infostealer written in C# and it resembles SnakeKeylogger that was found in 2020.
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Vipkeylogger family
vipkeylogger

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Run Powershell to modify Windows Defender settings to add exclusions for file extensions, paths, and processes.

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
5040	powershell.exe
1164	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe

Reads user/profile data of local email clients 2 TTPs
Email clients store some user data on disk where infostealers will often target it.
spyware stealer

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials In Files
T1552.001
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

Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

collection

Email Collection

T1114

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 3 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
16	checkip.dyndns.org
18	reallyfreegeoip.org
19	reallyfreegeoip.org

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2284 set thread context of 3836	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	96

Browser Information Discovery 1 TTPs
Enumerate browser information.
discovery

Browser Information Discovery
T1217
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 5 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	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Schtasks is often used by malware for persistence or to perform post-infection execution.

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
4288	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 8 IoCs

pid	Process
1164	powershell.exe
5040	powershell.exe
2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
5040	powershell.exe
1164	powershell.exe
3836	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
3836	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 4 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5040	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1164	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3836	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 20 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 5040	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	89
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 5040	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	89
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 5040	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	89
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 1164	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	91
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 1164	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	91
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 1164	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	91
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 4288	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	93
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 4288	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	93
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 4288	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	93
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 1952	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	95
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 1952	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	95
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 1952	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	95
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 3836	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	96
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 3836	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	96
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 3836	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	96
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 3836	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	96
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 3836	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	96
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 3836	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	96
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 3836	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	96
PID 2284 wrote to memory of 3836	2284	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe	96

outlook_office_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe

outlook_win_path 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3442511616-637977696-3186306149-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook\9375CFF0413111d3B88A00104B2A6676	Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2284
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:5040
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\uAHDaCgpWpsogA.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1164
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\uAHDaCgpWpsogA" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE24.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:4288
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe"
  2⤵
  PID:1952
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe"
  2⤵
  - Accesses Microsoft Outlook profiles
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - outlook_office_path
  - outlook_win_path
  PID:3836

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Persistence

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Credentials from Password Stores

T1555

Credentials from Web Browsers

T1555.003

Unsecured Credentials

T1552

Credentials In Files

T1552.001

Discovery

Browser Information Discovery

T1217

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

T1005

Email Collection

T1114

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Halkbank Ekstre.pdf.exe.log

Filesize
1KB

MD5
400f1cc1a0a0ce1cdabda365ab3368ce

SHA1
1ecf683f14271d84f3b6063493dce00ff5f42075

SHA256
c8fa64f4b69df13ed6408fd4a204f318a36c2f38c85d4a4d42adfc9173f73765

SHA512
14c8cfd58d097e5e89c8cabe1e665173f1ccf604a9ef70cdcb84116e265f90819c19c891be408e0ad7e29086a5c2ea2883b7a7d1184878dbbac63e2cabcd1c45

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

Filesize
2KB

MD5
968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f

SHA1
8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c

SHA256
92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a

SHA512
4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Filesize
18KB

MD5
b6ef5ff142cb4830da9caab4d64f3abd

SHA1
592cc1d2cb3918ce6ac6bb053d8df52ec4db6f07

SHA256
79fc0592dd1989fb51f777b95856663c37b4e5c7d716d2fdd30a896acd4c9975

SHA512
d0a11188e9e03a0b438cb660a5034a2ddaf21ad6752960bad4ba2aecef5f5eb7deeedda2f3796c9e90453bd43274a136230eab07e919aaf383b671496714aca5

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_q24bd2xu.t1k.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpE24.tmp

Filesize
1KB

MD5
776d1bf2d7f5b2d0bf3369da3666e211

SHA1
967f730711bb19f523561b2fdf5efb554b5d79f3

SHA256
1f195e252425c5b896e7e27174104202b30392488dbceec5ebc63f1df05b7d7c

SHA512
e7cfd476866b40e5f4de70775cf5d9a6ecc4202b217dd5422a37a1139c72e8917f48a56af79cf1623cea155bb2ff1507013882788d8c3a3157dc67f64340a055

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memory/1164-76-0x0000000006D70000-0x0000000006D8A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/1164-77-0x0000000006DE0000-0x0000000006DEA000-memory.dmp

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40KB

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memory/1164-45-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1164-64-0x0000000070460000-0x00000000704AC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/1164-29-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1164-75-0x00000000073B0000-0x0000000007A2A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.5MB

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memory/1164-89-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1164-19-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/1164-81-0x0000000006FB0000-0x0000000006FC4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
80KB

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memory/2284-4-0x0000000004E50000-0x0000000004E5A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/2284-5-0x0000000005070000-0x000000000510C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
624KB

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memory/2284-6-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2284-3-0x0000000004DB0000-0x0000000004E42000-memory.dmp

Filesize
584KB

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memory/2284-2-0x0000000005260000-0x0000000005804000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.6MB

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memory/2284-10-0x0000000004770000-0x00000000047FE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
568KB

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memory/2284-1-0x0000000000310000-0x00000000003EC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
880KB

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memory/2284-9-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2284-8-0x0000000074EFE000-0x0000000074EFF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2284-7-0x00000000051F0000-0x0000000005216000-memory.dmp

Filesize
152KB

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memory/2284-51-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/2284-0-0x0000000074EFE000-0x0000000074EFF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3836-46-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
296KB

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memory/3836-91-0x0000000006A50000-0x0000000006C12000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.8MB

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memory/3836-93-0x0000000007150000-0x000000000767C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
5.2MB

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memory/3836-92-0x00000000068D0000-0x0000000006920000-memory.dmp

Filesize
320KB

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memory/5040-79-0x0000000006FE0000-0x0000000006FF1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
68KB

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memory/5040-18-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5040-34-0x00000000055A0000-0x00000000058F4000-memory.dmp

Filesize
3.3MB

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memory/5040-63-0x0000000006090000-0x00000000060AE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/5040-74-0x0000000006AA0000-0x0000000006B43000-memory.dmp

Filesize
652KB

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memory/5040-21-0x00000000052D0000-0x0000000005336000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/5040-20-0x0000000005230000-0x0000000005252000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/5040-22-0x00000000053B0000-0x0000000005416000-memory.dmp

Filesize
408KB

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memory/5040-78-0x0000000007060000-0x00000000070F6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
600KB

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memory/5040-35-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5040-80-0x0000000007010000-0x000000000701E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
56KB

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memory/5040-52-0x0000000006A60000-0x0000000006A92000-memory.dmp

Filesize
200KB

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memory/5040-82-0x0000000007120000-0x000000000713A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/5040-83-0x0000000007100000-0x0000000007108000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/5040-17-0x0000000004C00000-0x0000000005228000-memory.dmp

Filesize
6.2MB

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memory/5040-16-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5040-15-0x0000000002200000-0x0000000002236000-memory.dmp

Filesize
216KB

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memory/5040-90-0x0000000074EF0000-0x00000000756A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
7.7MB

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memory/5040-53-0x0000000070460000-0x00000000704AC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/5040-48-0x0000000005A90000-0x0000000005AAE000-memory.dmp

Filesize
120KB

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memory/5040-50-0x0000000005DF0000-0x0000000005E3C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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