xworm | adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
152s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260630-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260630-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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General

Target
adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe
Size 903KB
Sample260630-v95kpad131
SHA256 adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821
MD5 6ea29dc51e9f6b611d81bd8152e2dbcc
SHA1 0793d34ed01e29292e7753fe565ab548434a9138
SHA512 09b43d564437659c8b21fead147db7bea9e6cf4f4dc86852e77475362155210b4c81472594532346541cd93bd50c3a22772d3d94a4971406ea9e1a48a7fed711
SSDEEP 24576:Po37AEFT0DTGDkCP+sAcWrGdMstPY8iXdifF:e73FQu5+UMsPmXwfF
TLSH
T14A15E1142219CD46C5AA1BB82A65E3B053B44E9CE415D3179FD6BFEBBC3A7B02D00B53
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery execution xworm persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

Version

104.168.7.219:8823
frBvNnnFYR6XR622pBE0NQ==:23

Mutex

yy44YYqisu2DFrXX

Attributes

install_file
USB.exe

aes.plain

Signatures

Family: Xworm
Xworm is a remote access trojan written in C#.
trojan rat xworm

Detect Xworm Payload 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/memory/2732-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp	family_xworm

Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

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

execution

PowerShell

T1059.001

pid	Process
5296	powershell.exe
3340	powershell.exe
4972	powershell.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2132828192-1552876075-2324613956-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\xZBRnJUjEpNex = "\"C:\\Windows\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe\" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File \"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ulkwft4njxz.ps1\""	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4432 set thread context of 2732	4432	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe	89
PID 6032 set thread context of 6096	6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe	96

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 6 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	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RegSvcs.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RegSvcs.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 10 IoCs

pid	Process
4432	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe
4432	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe
5296	powershell.exe
5296	powershell.exe
4972	powershell.exe
4972	powershell.exe
6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe
6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe
3340	powershell.exe
3340	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 49 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4432	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4972	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	5296	powershell.exe
Token: 33	5296	powershell.exe
Token: 34	5296	powershell.exe
Token: 35	5296	powershell.exe
Token: 36	5296	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2732	RegSvcs.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3340	powershell.exe
Token: 33	3340	powershell.exe
Token: 34	3340	powershell.exe
Token: 35	3340	powershell.exe
Token: 36	3340	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	6096	RegSvcs.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4432 wrote to memory of 5296	4432	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe	87
PID 4432 wrote to memory of 2732	4432	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe	89
PID 4432 wrote to memory of 2732	4432	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe	89
PID 4432 wrote to memory of 2732	4432	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe	89
PID 4432 wrote to memory of 2732	4432	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe	89
PID 4432 wrote to memory of 2732	4432	adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe	89
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 6032	4972	powershell.exe	92
PID 6032 wrote to memory of 3340	6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe	94
PID 6032 wrote to memory of 6096	6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe	96
PID 6032 wrote to memory of 6096	6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe	96
PID 6032 wrote to memory of 6096	6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe	96
PID 6032 wrote to memory of 6096	6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe	96
PID 6032 wrote to memory of 6096	6032	xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe	96

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe"
1⤵
- Adds Run key to start application
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4432
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:5296
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
  "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:2732

C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
"C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ulkwft4njxz.ps1"
1⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4972
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe"
  2⤵
  - 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:6032
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe"
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3340
- - C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe
    "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegSvcs.exe"
    3⤵
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:6096

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059

PowerShell

T1059.001

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

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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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 21KB
SHA256 6b9ae7e0f8b81e3fe609fe8d0eb2c4713a244df6097f4c8e4e319171a979db39
MD5 9d34a83e46894419654ffd2c894fc522
SHA1 0a57fba8b091b65f014269a22c2ededce50e24a0
SHA512 bbc92c7deca9695908efb53f83208dff5f52700a9134e89d9ac58747122bdaa9bfe0633b6916196253f4cf88474df7ea325e6ba9a68249b36f85b3453e8a79cc
SSDEEP 384:h1eBaoT1iBGmGW14boDpb+geg1dzb409NIAXr4B+lWoStzKwUvYbhNaPIlRtLZRi:7exZ6GlWiupb+odAaIAXrq+CVrbhNaPx
TLSH
T157A2A478203F6DC7D8D216B410D10AB7FBE4D489DAB611D4BF1BDE2F5C90EBA4AA0524
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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__PSScriptPolicyTest_3d15kivy.e0o.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_3d15kivy.e0o.ps1
Size 60B
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
TLSH
T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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ulkwft4njxz.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ulkwft4njxz.ps1
Size 1KB
SHA256 009a1bf96bd99ebbbb5f9c25b6687477376db573afafe3d15b86ab8bc4a3ca73
MD5 ac46707624c1576e14d2b2f1b879ce72
SHA1 680d0f6a8c537a8e0841ab35674d0662d9a75a81
SHA512 36a8c664b440c2830be357f05017da6818f7083222a48238c85228f0fba28e0ec00faf96d45e25ab3e42d0d338054cb356587597b6cc4a07a1b3283d70d3aa51
TLSH
T12B21004B8E4857C6006807F00A1334CCB56DA1CF2BAF019096ECB4EEB32BD23346ACE4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xZBRnJUjEpNex.exe
Size 903KB
SHA256 adb964cf76f216318c20012708a1e916dfedc7be162432ea4c50294d35609821
MD5 6ea29dc51e9f6b611d81bd8152e2dbcc
SHA1 0793d34ed01e29292e7753fe565ab548434a9138
SHA512 09b43d564437659c8b21fead147db7bea9e6cf4f4dc86852e77475362155210b4c81472594532346541cd93bd50c3a22772d3d94a4971406ea9e1a48a7fed711
SSDEEP 24576:Po37AEFT0DTGDkCP+sAcWrGdMstPY8iXdifF:e73FQu5+UMsPmXwfF
TLSH
T14A15E1142219CD46C5AA1BB82A65E3B053B44E9CE415D3179FD6BFEBBC3A7B02D00B53
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/2732-49-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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memory/2732-50-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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memory/2732-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000040E000-memory.dmp

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memory/2732-48-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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memory/2732-23-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3340-54-0x0000000005BF0000-0x0000000005F4B000-memory.dmp

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memory/3340-56-0x0000000006680000-0x00000000066CC000-memory.dmp

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memory/3340-57-0x0000000071E60000-0x0000000071EAC000-memory.dmp

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memory/3340-60-0x00000000073A0000-0x0000000007443000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-11-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-8-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-13-0x00000000081B0000-0x000000000824C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-1-0x00000000002F0000-0x00000000003D8000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-2-0x0000000005360000-0x000000000591A000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-3-0x0000000004E40000-0x0000000004ED2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-4-0x0000000005920000-0x0000000005C7B000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-5-0x0000000004DC0000-0x0000000004DD2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-6-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E32000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-12-0x0000000008070000-0x0000000008114000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-24-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-7-0x0000000004F40000-0x0000000004F4A000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-9-0x0000000007D00000-0x0000000007D1E000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-10-0x0000000074772000-0x0000000074773000-memory.dmp

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memory/4432-0-0x0000000074772000-0x0000000074773000-memory.dmp

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memory/4972-31-0x0000023C78880000-0x0000023C788A2000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-43-0x0000000007A10000-0x0000000007A1A000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-47-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-27-0x0000000006650000-0x000000000666E000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-36-0x0000000075020000-0x000000007506C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-40-0x0000000007860000-0x0000000007903000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-41-0x0000000007FE0000-0x000000000865C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-42-0x00000000079A0000-0x00000000079BA000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-35-0x0000000007800000-0x0000000007836000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-39-0x0000000006C20000-0x0000000006C40000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-44-0x0000000007C10000-0x0000000007CA6000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-15-0x0000000002DF0000-0x0000000002E26000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-28-0x0000000006680000-0x00000000066CC000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-21-0x0000000005FF0000-0x0000000006056000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-22-0x0000000006110000-0x0000000006176000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-20-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-19-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-18-0x0000000005850000-0x0000000005E9A000-memory.dmp

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memory/5296-17-0x0000000074760000-0x0000000074F1C000-memory.dmp

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