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:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system -
submitted
26-01-2025 11:38
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe
Resource
win7-20240903-en
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
General
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Target
JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe
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Size
602KB
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MD5
3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2
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SHA1
ffa14990ffb0304a1c709a91f19e31d29a651e5b
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SHA256
e1169a09276e4ffbe0dc85e67145f43f69ee07ce8f8ca08455f4e86732da1c5d
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SHA512
74172e1bc61847c3b805711d96d656c6023ee2136085be6a9c05023019973feb95fc70b55080c3ed0171c3cdf9bcd0493dc6ded6bf16252b2f6619804aaafabe
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SSDEEP
12288:o3TdtLW5WIj1YSSdFxsBSXyMzBUWb9lx/9AgHLo8OW+rBj:CDsj1dEcBcJ9nPx/igrp+1
Malware Config
Signatures
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Ardamax family
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Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs
resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023c88-18.dat family_ardamax -
Modifies WinLogon for persistence 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Shell = "Explorer.exe regsvr.exe" JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe -
Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\DisableRegistryTools = "1" JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe -
Disables Task Manager via registry modification
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resource yara_rule behavioral2/files/0x0007000000023c8b-15.dat aspack_v212_v242 -
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 548 svchost.exe -
Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2045521122-590294423-3465680274-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Msn Messsenger = "C:\\Windows\\system32\\regsvr.exe" JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\svchost Agent = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\28463\\svchost.exe" svchost.exe -
Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
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Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 23 IoCs
Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.
description ioc Process File opened (read-only) \??\e: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\v: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\b: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\g: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\j: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\l: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\o: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\p: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\u: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\y: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\a: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\h: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\i: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\k: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\m: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\n: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\q: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\r: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\s: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\t: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\w: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\x: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened (read-only) \??\z: JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe -
AutoIT Executable 15 IoCs
AutoIT scripts compiled to PE executables.
resource yara_rule behavioral2/memory/2864-52-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-54-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-55-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-56-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-57-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-58-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-59-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-61-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-60-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-62-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-63-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-64-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-65-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-66-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe behavioral2/memory/2864-67-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000506000-memory.dmp autoit_exe -
Drops file in System32 directory 13 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\svchost.exe JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\svchost.001 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr.exe JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\regsvr.exe JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost .exe JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost .exe JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\svchost.exe JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\svchost.001 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463 svchost.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setup.ini JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File created C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setting.ini JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\SysWOW64\setting.ini JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe -
Drops file in Windows directory 2 IoCs
description ioc Process File created C:\Windows\regsvr.exe JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe File opened for modification C:\Windows\regsvr.exe JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe -
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
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System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 6 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language at.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language svchost.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language at.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language cmd.exe -
Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe -
Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs
description pid Process Token: 33 548 svchost.exe Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege 548 svchost.exe -
Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs
pid Process 548 svchost.exe -
Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 15 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 2864 wrote to memory of 548 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 85 PID 2864 wrote to memory of 548 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 85 PID 2864 wrote to memory of 548 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 85 PID 2864 wrote to memory of 1900 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 86 PID 2864 wrote to memory of 1900 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 86 PID 2864 wrote to memory of 1900 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 86 PID 1900 wrote to memory of 3720 1900 cmd.exe 88 PID 1900 wrote to memory of 3720 1900 cmd.exe 88 PID 1900 wrote to memory of 3720 1900 cmd.exe 88 PID 2864 wrote to memory of 720 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 89 PID 2864 wrote to memory of 720 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 89 PID 2864 wrote to memory of 720 2864 JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe 89 PID 720 wrote to memory of 4372 720 cmd.exe 91 PID 720 wrote to memory of 4372 720 cmd.exe 91 PID 720 wrote to memory of 4372 720 cmd.exe 91
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_3527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2.exe"1⤵
- Modifies WinLogon for persistence
- Disables RegEdit via registry modification
- Adds Run key to start application
- Enumerates connected drives
- Drops file in System32 directory
- Drops file in Windows directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2864 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\28463\svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\28463\svchost.exe2⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:548
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C AT /delete /yes2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1900 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\at.exeAT /delete /yes3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:3720
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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exeC:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /C AT 09:00 /interactive /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su C:\Windows\system32\svchost .exe2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:720 -
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\at.exeAT 09:00 /interactive /EVERY:m,t,w,th,f,s,su C:\Windows\system32\svchost .exe3⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4372
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15
Persistence
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
1Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
2Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Winlogon Helper DLL
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Downloads
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Filesize
2KB
MD5c427f41a9eb12166c278da8fed8a0c4a
SHA1e0e1d1c8f6b58675a544f1461997cfc37a2e6c63
SHA256ee74d1ba7e74e916f57ac4134aa5aa6eb7f920e7dae3b4cdb75af9225da616c6
SHA512ea2e49983e04afaa0eec5b28eeed1e9c804326b49933e69962805c10a405cb7dd87061e50355f395e74107cb6ca674d4c8c0000ef13505ec58b1d7dec873aa85
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Filesize
513KB
MD50c7a714b8e1d2ead2afc90dcc43bbe18
SHA166736613f22771f5da5606ed8c80b572b3f5c103
SHA256800bdf00e09f302a17e22d26dffbea037e3c077ef9f6d1d585c114f079397a9e
SHA51235db0de86c168eb6302dcbaa1e1f9ec96b5a8814e7067e1a7bb682e9f35fc06c51148a08e6f7df1e8caeb2effde555c53966a8922e8fef6b7ce194dc81c984b4
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Filesize
2B
MD5e0aa021e21dddbd6d8cecec71e9cf564
SHA19ce3bd4224c8c1780db56b4125ecf3f24bf748b7
SHA256565339bc4d33d72817b583024112eb7f5cdf3e5eef0252d6ec1b9c9a94e12bb3
SHA512900110c951560eff857b440e89cc29f529416e0e3b3d7f0ad51651bfdbd8025b91768c5ed7db5352d1a5523354ce06ced2c42047e33a3e958a1bba5f742db874
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Filesize
602KB
MD53527fbbb084d6e6150f90d9b0eb777d2
SHA1ffa14990ffb0304a1c709a91f19e31d29a651e5b
SHA256e1169a09276e4ffbe0dc85e67145f43f69ee07ce8f8ca08455f4e86732da1c5d
SHA51274172e1bc61847c3b805711d96d656c6023ee2136085be6a9c05023019973feb95fc70b55080c3ed0171c3cdf9bcd0493dc6ded6bf16252b2f6619804aaafabe