snakekeylogger | 1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
platform
windows10-2004_x64
resource
win10v2004-20251016-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20251016-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
submitted
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General

Target
1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
Size 625KB
Sample251208-tnn55seq4t
SHA256 1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85
MD5 2e843f8a327dfd930a59b0edec51e282
SHA1 7a24284935d0c35aad3fb1ac18224a9669a5f0ca
SHA512 dfb5edbfb857cb7e7d23a516d5f2b257b2a982347a47380a90e4f6a2fccffdb8d45bc3bc19a9457827c36ea6fbc5470b64e50fc47bf222b3ca966612b3d00def
SSDEEP 12288:d2iNfC5s8NClDKooEdk1eY5vtacltQFsPOEaqExgKG1rxHCakR:d1dC5sNKjESVJltQGGO21iC5
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

Score

10^/10

discovery execution snakekeylogger keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

snakekeylogger

Credentials

Protocol
smtp
Host
kgtraders.com.pk
Port
587
Username
[email protected]
Password
jetset#56981
Email to
[email protected]

Signatures

Snake Keylogger
Keylogger and Infostealer first seen in November 2020.
stealer keylogger snakekeylogger

Snake Keylogger payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/2896-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp	family_snakekeylogger

Snakekeylogger family
snakekeylogger

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
4032	powershell.exe
3640	powershell.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 4 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-1-5-21-756542885-431777018-975678197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-756542885-431777018-975678197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-756542885-431777018-975678197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	buKXeBnOeqf.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-756542885-431777018-975678197-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	buKXeBnOeqf.exe

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe
836	buKXeBnOeqf.exe

Looks up external IP address via web service 4 IoCs

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

flow	ioc
17	reallyfreegeoip.org
29	reallyfreegeoip.org
14	checkip.dyndns.org
16	reallyfreegeoip.org

SmartAssembly .NET packer 1 IoCs

Detects SmartAssembly .NET packer.

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/memory/4192-6-0x00000000070B0000-0x00000000070BE000-memory.dmp	SmartAssembly

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4192 set thread context of 2896	4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe	92
PID 3428 set thread context of 836	3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe	104

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 12 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	cmd.exe
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	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	buKXeBnOeqf.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	choice.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	buKXeBnOeqf.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	choice.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	schtasks.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
4348	schtasks.exe
3136	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs

pid	Process
4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
2896	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
4032	powershell.exe
4032	powershell.exe
3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe
3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe
3640	powershell.exe
836	buKXeBnOeqf.exe
3640	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2896	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4032	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3640	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	836	buKXeBnOeqf.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 18 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 4032	4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe	88
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 4348	4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe	90
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 2896	4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe	92
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 2896	4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe	92
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 2896	4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe	92
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 2896	4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe	92
PID 4192 wrote to memory of 2896	4192	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe	92
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 2552	2896	1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe	95
PID 2552 wrote to memory of 2044	2552	cmd.exe	97
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 3640	3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe	100
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 3136	3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe	102
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 836	3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe	104
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 836	3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe	104
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 836	3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe	104
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 836	3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe	104
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 836	3428	buKXeBnOeqf.exe	104
PID 836 wrote to memory of 1680	836	buKXeBnOeqf.exe	105
PID 1680 wrote to memory of 2316	1680	cmd.exe	107

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.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:4192
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\buKXeBnOeqf.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:4032
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\buKXeBnOeqf" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpDFE0.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:4348
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2896
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3 & Del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2552
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\choice.exe
      choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2044

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\buKXeBnOeqf.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\buKXeBnOeqf.exe
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3428
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\buKXeBnOeqf.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:3640
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\schtasks.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /Create /TN "Updates\buKXeBnOeqf" /XML "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp25B3.tmp"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
  PID:3136
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\buKXeBnOeqf.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\buKXeBnOeqf.exe"
  2⤵
  - Checks computer location settings
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:836
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3 & Del "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\buKXeBnOeqf.exe"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1680
  - - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\choice.exe
      choice /C Y /N /D Y /T 3
      4⤵
      System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2316

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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

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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1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe.log

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85.exe.log
Size 1KB
SHA256 7667e538030e3f8ce2886e47a01af24cb0ea70528b1e821c5d8832c5076cb982
MD5 8ec831f3e3a3f77e4a7b9cd32b48384c
SHA1 d83f09fd87c5bd86e045873c231c14836e76a05c
SHA512 26bffa2406b66368bd412bf25869a792631455645992cdcade2dbc13a2e56fb546414a6a9223b94c96c38d89187add6678d4779a88b38b0c9e36be8527b213c3
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powershell.exe.log

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\powershell.exe.log
Size 2KB
SHA256 92099c10776bb7e3f2a8d1b82d4d40d0c4627e4f1bf754a6e58dfd2c2e97042a
MD5 968cb9309758126772781b83adb8a28f
SHA1 8da30e71accf186b2ba11da1797cf67f8f78b47c
SHA512 4bd50732f8af4d688d95999bddfd296115d7033ddc38f86c9fb1f47fde202bffa27e9088bebcaa3064ca946af2f5c1ca6cbde49d0907f0005c7ab42874515dd3
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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 18KB
SHA256 f9271de21506d56fdd632e89812491f65dcbfedbdf0f28f521afd8708927c4ee
MD5 82a6bd38c5472e6bcfff8f324f92ac05
SHA1 cb8da0610d551d5ac03f937e8d4048d6559ed454
SHA512 6e81b08cdb2d7fba901b4c560105d7e66f111a88e36ee7519568e4b539dbf990464e0477b4e415114c87529f63b49bb8ada0fe1328ab090a53a8eba495af1e0b
SSDEEP 384:Vsf+Bh9i++tLmzBBa+Jk+o9ofFTNK6seYLME/Xt03SoZRfYSgQjEekaQ0gdwtkKF:KfhlycDjofFTNNgrmSkWuEe3CS3
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__PSScriptPolicyTest_z32iz5m5.0vv.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_z32iz5m5.0vv.ps1
Size 60B
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
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tmpDFE0.tmp

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpDFE0.tmp
Size 1KB
SHA256 ea20b6aff7be171b4598ad37b6ffe4c9c016d0204f346134d43960576161628b
MD5 128090e31a5aea9adf3f4bd78d257e5c
SHA1 d024ea518b0a4f7e3a1f6a02e4e7513680d347dc
SHA512 f74b55db948eb3f683a50c5f0c3e39754f86312246c8e701e8394372238075ed79ac2486cc3c192232d152b8e59b0c7ff910c943232d20c4e0f8006265eaac05
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buKXeBnOeqf.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\buKXeBnOeqf.exe
Size 625KB
SHA256 1a895996e3edf28787c2076049c1ec3ce137824bfbdff3dc6e5e020077762c85
MD5 2e843f8a327dfd930a59b0edec51e282
SHA1 7a24284935d0c35aad3fb1ac18224a9669a5f0ca
SHA512 dfb5edbfb857cb7e7d23a516d5f2b257b2a982347a47380a90e4f6a2fccffdb8d45bc3bc19a9457827c36ea6fbc5470b64e50fc47bf222b3ca966612b3d00def
SSDEEP 12288:d2iNfC5s8NClDKooEdk1eY5vtacltQFsPOEaqExgKG1rxHCakR:d1dC5sNKjESVJltQGGO21iC5
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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memory/2896-20-0x00000000057E0000-0x00000000057F0000-memory.dmp

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memory/2896-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000426000-memory.dmp

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memory/3640-83-0x00000000078A0000-0x0000000007943000-memory.dmp

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memory/3640-75-0x0000000070240000-0x000000007028C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3640-74-0x00000000066A0000-0x00000000066EC000-memory.dmp

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memory/3640-70-0x0000000006020000-0x0000000006374000-memory.dmp

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memory/3640-84-0x0000000007B60000-0x0000000007B71000-memory.dmp

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memory/3640-85-0x0000000007BA0000-0x0000000007BB4000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-34-0x0000000005FE0000-0x0000000005FFE000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-55-0x00000000075A0000-0x00000000075A8000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-21-0x0000000005030000-0x0000000005052000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-22-0x00000000058C0000-0x0000000005926000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-23-0x00000000059A0000-0x0000000005A06000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-15-0x0000000002840000-0x0000000002850000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-31-0x0000000005B10000-0x0000000005E64000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-13-0x0000000002840000-0x0000000002850000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-14-0x00000000026C0000-0x00000000026F6000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-35-0x0000000006020000-0x000000000606C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-37-0x000000006FE20000-0x000000006FE6C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-36-0x00000000071B0000-0x00000000071E2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-45-0x00000000065D0000-0x00000000065EE000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-46-0x00000000071F0000-0x0000000007293000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-48-0x0000000007320000-0x000000000733A000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-47-0x0000000007970000-0x0000000007FEA000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-49-0x0000000007380000-0x000000000738A000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-50-0x00000000075B0000-0x0000000007646000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-51-0x0000000007520000-0x0000000007531000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-53-0x0000000007560000-0x0000000007574000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-54-0x0000000007670000-0x000000000768A000-memory.dmp

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memory/4032-18-0x0000000005290000-0x00000000058B8000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-0-0x0000000000FC0000-0x0000000001060000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-8-0x0000000007900000-0x0000000007964000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-7-0x00000000059C0000-0x00000000059D0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-6-0x00000000070B0000-0x00000000070BE000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-5-0x00000000070D0000-0x000000000716C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-4-0x0000000005C00000-0x0000000005C0A000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-3-0x00000000059C0000-0x00000000059D0000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-2-0x0000000005A60000-0x0000000005AF2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4192-1-0x0000000006010000-0x00000000065B4000-memory.dmp

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