xworm | dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d

Analysis

max time kernel
149s
max time network
150s
platform
windows11-ltsc_2024_x64
resource
win11ltsc2024-20260709-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win11ltsc2024-20260709-enlocale:en-usos:windows11-ltsc_2024-x64systemwindows
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General

Target
dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe
Size 803KB
Sample260809-vp8fvaaq2x
SHA256 dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d
MD5 962f8ccbacdfda078a35a1eb6dbcc11b
SHA1 958e8f42467049f05c81b368bb71ff465642164a
SHA512 aefc0c563ae5f039ff58e3f1632044acb9f55024d6e6ed9b39c737ee642129b2b39f1bf8ba30944e950e105102dc89dd9ef0adf9f7bfd535362475bcf0f4f59e
SSDEEP 24576:AWFcpVvH5ZFkBXjv0jv/Kxfrzs5gjOeZ:P2vH1uv0jvSps5Be
TLSH
T1C9051288A6859701E9F71BF11566E63013743D9EA630E70B1FEA7EEB36B3B94441031B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

discovery execution xworm persistence rat trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

xworm

Version

carrenzaalwarex.ddns.net:7004

Mutex

2B7HLE7nXIzGq07o

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/3176-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-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
5052	powershell.exe
3364	powershell.exe
4756	powershell.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
264	xXJNDKas.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-1-5-21-1738198120-2966725515-3980530802-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\xXJNDKas = "\"C:\\Windows\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe\" -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File \"C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\q5ctbyuwx3q.ps1\""	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4980 set thread context of 3176	4980	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe	91
PID 264 set thread context of 5872	264	xXJNDKas.exe	99

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	RegSvcs.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	powershell.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.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	xXJNDKas.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 12 IoCs

pid	Process
4980	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe
4980	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe
5052	powershell.exe
5052	powershell.exe
4756	powershell.exe
4756	powershell.exe
4756	powershell.exe
3176	RegSvcs.exe
264	xXJNDKas.exe
264	xXJNDKas.exe
3364	powershell.exe
3364	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 49 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4980	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	4756	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3176	RegSvcs.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	5052	powershell.exe
Token: 33	5052	powershell.exe
Token: 34	5052	powershell.exe
Token: 35	5052	powershell.exe
Token: 36	5052	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	264	xXJNDKas.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	5872	RegSvcs.exe
Token: SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeSecurityPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeLoadDriverPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemProfilePrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemtimePrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeProfSingleProcessPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeCreatePagefilePrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeBackupPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeRestorePrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeShutdownPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeDebugPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeUndockPrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: SeManageVolumePrivilege	3364	powershell.exe
Token: 33	3364	powershell.exe
Token: 34	3364	powershell.exe
Token: 35	3364	powershell.exe
Token: 36	3364	powershell.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3176	RegSvcs.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 13 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4980 wrote to memory of 5052	4980	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe	89
PID 4980 wrote to memory of 3176	4980	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe	91
PID 4980 wrote to memory of 3176	4980	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe	91
PID 4980 wrote to memory of 3176	4980	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe	91
PID 4980 wrote to memory of 3176	4980	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe	91
PID 4980 wrote to memory of 3176	4980	dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe	91
PID 4756 wrote to memory of 264	4756	powershell.exe	94
PID 264 wrote to memory of 3364	264	xXJNDKas.exe	97
PID 264 wrote to memory of 5872	264	xXJNDKas.exe	99
PID 264 wrote to memory of 5872	264	xXJNDKas.exe	99
PID 264 wrote to memory of 5872	264	xXJNDKas.exe	99
PID 264 wrote to memory of 5872	264	xXJNDKas.exe	99
PID 264 wrote to memory of 5872	264	xXJNDKas.exe	99

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.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:4980
- 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\dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d.exe"
  2⤵
  - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  PID:5052
- 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 behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:3176

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\q5ctbyuwx3q.ps1"
1⤵
- Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4756
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xXJNDKas.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xXJNDKas.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:264
- - C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe
    "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xXJNDKas.exe"
    3⤵
    - Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell
    - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
    PID:3364
- - 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:5872

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 1f3f81d3dd4183569e5b3043423efe18c044797f1201b5a94ae2ca5bdb5d0ba7
MD5 07b5b75e402d213f19c77e3449a06618
SHA1 3608bdd003d1727c586e360d8052fb68dea7af58
SHA512 e0c4a5c8941b3be9f735724d234de118aa1b4b4772f98613cf75888db1ceafafbf9ae2e709c2cb673590b94f7396c7069e860dc6b2e6280e00791816944c16b6
SSDEEP 384:LSEboT1iBG/GW14bcqSd6KK/+gmvUr2PntIAXr4B+FWQVIzKwIvYbhNaPsWRtzZg:Z0Z6GOWiANd8/+G6FIAXrq+9oHbhNaPy
TLSH
T147A2B578213F6DC7D8D216B010D20AF7FBE4D489DAB65194BF2BDE2F4C90EB64A60524
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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__PSScriptPolicyTest_tn1oqypz.qxp.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\__PSScriptPolicyTest_tn1oqypz.qxp.ps1
Size 60B
SHA256 96ad1146eb96877eab5942ae0736b82d8b5e2039a80d3d6932665c1a4c87dcf7
MD5 d17fe0a3f47be24a6453e9ef58c94641
SHA1 6ab83620379fc69f80c0242105ddffd7d98d5d9d
SHA512 5b592e58f26c264604f98f6aa12860758ce606d1c63220736cf0c779e4e18e3cec8706930a16c38b20161754d1017d1657d35258e58ca22b18f5b232880dec82
TLSH
T177A02228CC303B200020C0080A000002C00B800C080C8C0220000A00B20B820002F080
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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q5ctbyuwx3q.ps1

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\q5ctbyuwx3q.ps1
Size 1KB
SHA256 e6e533fb1e7ac8d65800965b51c37df95c45644cc377c8b9a5cfa3ad812ee499
MD5 1a7a415b4e738991c8e3dbce80cdc6f2
SHA1 73762ed6e0b0ee4d7d8447482bb893cbdea13b79
SHA512 98e6b0f9a82418b48a29d4f6b5462163712ac8afda27c39dc1e7a7812638399c7579cf1a12660fdefeff11d686b6a35061ca4fd5a3610f39a80d657d9ca683ef
TLSH
T18711E34B8E8547C640244BF55A1331CCB52D618B2BAF118059DCB4EEB32BD63757ACD4
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 TLSH

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xXJNDKas.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\xXJNDKas.exe
Size 803KB
SHA256 dea0649857c76ceabba2ac3ecb1aa5960e92f1a5ef80b385a75903aa7edd2c3d
MD5 962f8ccbacdfda078a35a1eb6dbcc11b
SHA1 958e8f42467049f05c81b368bb71ff465642164a
SHA512 aefc0c563ae5f039ff58e3f1632044acb9f55024d6e6ed9b39c737ee642129b2b39f1bf8ba30944e950e105102dc89dd9ef0adf9f7bfd535362475bcf0f4f59e
SSDEEP 24576:AWFcpVvH5ZFkBXjv0jv/Kxfrzs5gjOeZ:P2vH1uv0jvSps5Be
TLSH
T1C9051288A6859701E9F71BF11566E63013743D9EA630E70B1FEA7EEB36B3B94441031B
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/3176-49-0x00000000745C0000-0x0000000074D7C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3176-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000410000-memory.dmp

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memory/3176-32-0x00000000745C0000-0x0000000074D7C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3176-20-0x00000000745C0000-0x0000000074D7C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3364-55-0x0000000006710000-0x000000000675C000-memory.dmp

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memory/3364-53-0x00000000062B0000-0x000000000660B000-memory.dmp

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memory/3364-56-0x0000000072D90000-0x0000000072DDC000-memory.dmp

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memory/3364-59-0x0000000007980000-0x0000000007A23000-memory.dmp

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memory/4756-29-0x0000024899BA0000-0x0000024899BC2000-memory.dmp

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memory/4980-26-0x00000000745C0000-0x0000000074D7C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4980-10-0x0000000007C40000-0x0000000007CDC000-memory.dmp

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memory/4980-1-0x00000000008B0000-0x0000000000980000-memory.dmp

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memory/4980-2-0x00000000053A0000-0x00000000056FB000-memory.dmp

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memory/4980-3-0x0000000005E10000-0x00000000063CA000-memory.dmp

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memory/4980-7-0x00000000059F0000-0x00000000059FC000-memory.dmp

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memory/4980-0-0x00000000745D2000-0x00000000745D3000-memory.dmp

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memory/4980-9-0x00000000745C0000-0x0000000074D7C000-memory.dmp

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memory/4980-11-0x0000000007CE0000-0x0000000007D8E000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-21-0x0000000005A70000-0x0000000005A92000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-43-0x0000000007B90000-0x0000000007BAA000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-27-0x0000000006390000-0x00000000063AE000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-36-0x00000000079D0000-0x0000000007A06000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-40-0x0000000006DF0000-0x0000000006E10000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-41-0x0000000007A30000-0x0000000007AD3000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-15-0x0000000005C00000-0x000000000624A000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-37-0x0000000074EA0000-0x0000000074EEC000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-42-0x00000000081D0000-0x000000000884C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-28-0x0000000006B90000-0x0000000006BDC000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-44-0x0000000007C00000-0x0000000007C0A000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-45-0x0000000007E00000-0x0000000007E96000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-22-0x0000000005B10000-0x0000000005B76000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-48-0x00000000745C0000-0x0000000074D7C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-25-0x00000000062C0000-0x0000000006326000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-13-0x0000000002FE0000-0x0000000003016000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-19-0x00000000745C0000-0x0000000074D7C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-14-0x00000000745C0000-0x0000000074D7C000-memory.dmp

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memory/5052-16-0x00000000745C0000-0x0000000074D7C000-memory.dmp

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