sality | e57bdbe56d5a64bc3c48516efd9ce6aeabf1fea02a809bf34331ab5a725fb5d5

Analysis

max time kernel
93s
max time network
149s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20241007-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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06-02-2025 21:51

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General

Target

JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Size

268KB
MD5

afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647
SHA1

27dbd0c9d9700e4b388045d0a91169ef04a187f2
SHA256

e57bdbe56d5a64bc3c48516efd9ce6aeabf1fea02a809bf34331ab5a725fb5d5
SHA512

71ac8b9c92231cc58298467ff7895c9980bc6f30d9373845dceccfe4c2a1b1fdd1cd5b6c5b45eb2bfdaff1f999416ca6d0f4443eeada1fe8a5aaa50ffe0c997b
SSDEEP

6144:EjnmY52PhMVUkWl4hC23inPbQiY0tJNGh5:ER2PsWO1CjQ+NGh5

Score

10^/10

sality backdoor defense_evasion discovery persistence privilege_escalation trojan upx

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

sality

http://89.119.67.154/testo5/

http://kukutrustnet777.info/home.gif

http://kukutrustnet888.info/home.gif

http://kukutrustnet987.info/home.gif

Signatures

Sality
Sality is backdoor written in C++, first discovered in 2003.
backdoor sality
Sality family
sality

UAC bypass 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_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"	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

Disables RegEdit via registry modification 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system\DisableRegistryTools = "1"	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

Disables Task Manager via registry modification
defense_evasion

Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

pid	Process
1732	netsh.exe

Loads dropped DLL 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

Checks whether UAC is enabled 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion trojan

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

Enumerates connected drives 3 TTPs 1 IoCs

Attempts to read the root path of hard drives other than the default C: drive.

Query Registry

T1012

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
File opened (read-only)	\??\E:	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 2 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\io396543.dll	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\io396543.dl_	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

UPX packed file 6 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/1528-9-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1528-13-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1528-19-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1528-21-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1528-23-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/1528-25-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Windows directory 1 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

persistence privilege_escalation

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 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_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 2 IoCs

pid	Process
1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 788	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	8
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 796	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	9
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 384	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	13
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 2648	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	44
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 2664	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	45
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 2744	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	47
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 3460	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	56
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 3676	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	57
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 3844	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	58
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 3940	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	59
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 4000	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	60
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 4092	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	61
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 4188	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	62
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 1624	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	75
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 844	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	76
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 1732	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	82
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 1732	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	82
PID 1528 wrote to memory of 1732	1528	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe	82

System policy modification 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System\EnableLUA = "0"	JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe

C:\Windows\system32\fontdrvhost.exe
"fontdrvhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:788

C:\Windows\system32\fontdrvhost.exe
"fontdrvhost.exe"
1⤵
PID:796

C:\Windows\system32\dwm.exe
"dwm.exe"
1⤵
PID:384

C:\Windows\system32\sihost.exe
sihost.exe
1⤵
PID:2648

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup -s CDPUserSvc
1⤵
PID:2664

C:\Windows\system32\taskhostw.exe
taskhostw.exe {222A245B-E637-4AE9-A93F-A59CA119A75E}
1⤵
PID:2744

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:3460
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_afb501e76dc1063a9a631cb3de190647.exe"
  2⤵
  - UAC bypass
  - Disables RegEdit via registry modification
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Checks whether UAC is enabled
  - 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 AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  - System policy modification
  PID:1528
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
    netsh firewall set opmode disable
    3⤵
    - Modifies Windows Firewall
    - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1732

C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k ClipboardSvcGroup -p -s cbdhsvc
1⤵
PID:3676

C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\DllHost.exe /Processid:{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}
1⤵
PID:3844

C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe
"C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe" -ServerName:App.AppXywbrabmsek0gm3tkwpr5kwzbs55tkqay.mca
1⤵
PID:3940

C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding
1⤵
PID:4000

C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe
"C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchApp.exe" -ServerName:CortanaUI.AppX8z9r6jm96hw4bsbneegw0kyxx296wr9t.mca
1⤵
PID:4092

C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding
1⤵
PID:4188

C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\InputApp\TextInputHost.exe
"C:\Windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\InputApp\TextInputHost.exe" -ServerName:InputApp.AppX9jnwykgrccxc8by3hsrsh07r423xzvav.mca
1⤵
PID:1624

C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe
C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe -Embedding
1⤵
PID:844

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Privilege Escalation

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Defense Evasion

Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism

T1548

Bypass User Account Control

T1548.002

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Peripheral Device Discovery

T1120

Query Registry

T1012

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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Downloads

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\io396543.dll

Filesize
80KB

MD5
9b02808f4e0b8a5e71a37949b6db062b

SHA1
715e45ad25db0fd7d2c1d856906637fd6467715c

SHA256
0c8f585418bce392ecbd330bae9a3535a4d92a2c9283e031024612935641cc30

SHA512
91844eb4490713c328704a0e4351fbce976a72136622b21f56fd9ae6f821eb5aa445c61ad07d885e67b126a2e66c3bb73d8e90bc305ffb48c94dcac650c6f415

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memory/1528-19-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/1528-20-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1528-9-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/1528-13-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/1528-17-0x00000000023D0000-0x00000000023D1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1528-16-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1528-7-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010015000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1528-0-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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memory/1528-18-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1528-21-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/1528-23-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/1528-25-0x0000000002970000-0x00000000039A0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
16.2MB

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memory/1528-40-0x00000000023C0000-0x00000000023C2000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/1528-48-0x0000000010000000-0x0000000010015000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1528-47-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
304KB

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