What is innostp.exe?

innostp.exe is developed by Innovative Solutions according to the innostp.exe version information.

innostp.exe's description is "Application Starter"

innostp.exe is digitally signed by Innovative Solutions Grup SRL.

innostp.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Innovative Solutions\DriverMax\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected innostp.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on innostp.exe:

PropertyValue
Company nameInnovative Solutions
File descriptionApplication Starter
Internal nameApplication Starter
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Company nameInnovative Solutions
File descriptionApplication Starter
Internal nameApplication Starter
Product version1.0.0.0
File version1.0.0.0

Digital signatures [?]

innostp.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameInnovative Solutions Grup SRL
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number61f0bcb4f81fbe0476116752b57e8833

VirusTotal report

1 of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the innostp.exe file. That's a 1% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
DrWeb Program.Unwanted.3275
1 of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the innostp.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "file_opened": [
        "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
    ],
    "guid": [
        "{148bd527-a2ab-11ce-b11f-00aa00530503}",
        "{148bd52a-a2ab-11ce-b11f-00aa00530503}"
    ],
    "regkey_opened": [
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\msasn1",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Borland\\Locales",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ShellCompatibility\\Applications\\22bed3cef09c343b88a862a0d1959788b5b96e4385d8e728e8953c98a2617904.bin",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Borland\\Locales",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup",
        "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Borland\\Delphi\\Locales"
    ],
    "regkey_read": [
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\SourcePath",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoCommonGroups",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\DevicePath",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoSetFolders",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\W2kVersion",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Version",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoPropertiesRecycleBin",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoPropertiesMyComputer",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoControlPanel",
        "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoInternetIcon"
    ],
    "dll_loaded": [
        "UxTheme.dll",
        "shfolder",
        "kernel32",
        "OLEAUT32.dll",
        "kernel32.dll",
        "wintrust.dll",
        "API-MS-Win-Core-LocalRegistry-L1-1-0.dll",
        "uxtheme.dll",
        "DDraw.dll",
        "shell32",
        "dwmapi.dll",
        "comctl32",
        "comctl32.dll",
        "CRYPTSP.dll",
        "tapi32.dll",
        "user32.dll",
        "msimg32.dll"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1595483586.4375,
        "ppid": 376
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\22bed3cef09c343b88a862a0d1959788b5b96e4385d8e728e8953c98a2617904.bin",
        "process_name": "22bed3cef09c343b88a862a0d1959788b5b96e4385d8e728e8953c98a2617904.bin",
        "pid": 2436,
        "summary": {
            "file_opened": [
                "C:\\Windows\\Globalization\\Sorting\\sortdefault.nls"
            ],
            "guid": [
                "{148bd527-a2ab-11ce-b11f-00aa00530503}",
                "{148bd52a-a2ab-11ce-b11f-00aa00530503}"
            ],
            "regkey_opened": [
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\msasn1",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Borland\\Locales",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\ShellCompatibility\\Applications\\22bed3cef09c343b88a862a0d1959788b5b96e4385d8e728e8953c98a2617904.bin",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Borland\\Locales",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup",
                "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Borland\\Delphi\\Locales"
            ],
            "regkey_read": [
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Setup\\SourcePath",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoCommonGroups",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\DevicePath",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\CustomLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoSetFolders",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\W2kVersion",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Version",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoPropertiesRecycleBin",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\SQMClient\\Windows\\CEIPEnable",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Nls\\ExtendedLocale\\en-US",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoPropertiesMyComputer",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoControlPanel",
                "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\Explorer\\NoInternetIcon"
            ],
            "dll_loaded": [
                "UxTheme.dll",
                "shfolder",
                "kernel32",
                "OLEAUT32.dll",
                "kernel32.dll",
                "wintrust.dll",
                "API-MS-Win-Core-LocalRegistry-L1-1-0.dll",
                "uxtheme.dll",
                "DDraw.dll",
                "shell32",
                "dwmapi.dll",
                "comctl32",
                "comctl32.dll",
                "CRYPTSP.dll",
                "tapi32.dll",
                "user32.dll",
                "msimg32.dll"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1595483586.7188,
        "ppid": 2660
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "CODE",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "DATA",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "BSS",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable uses a known packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "packer",
                "ioc": "BobSoft Mini Delphi -> BoB \/ BobSoft",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "peid_packer"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Allocates read-write-execute memory (usually to unpack itself)",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "process",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "NtAllocateVirtualMemory",
                    "return_value": 0,
                    "arguments": {
                        "process_identifier": 2436,
                        "region_size": 4096,
                        "stack_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "stack_pivoted": 0,
                        "heap_dep_bypass": 0,
                        "protection": 64,
                        "process_handle": "0xffffffff",
                        "allocation_type": 4096,
                        "base_address": "0x00510000"
                    },
                    "time": 1595483586.8128,
                    "tid": 2124,
                    "flags": {
                        "protection": "PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE",
                        "allocation_type": "MEM_COMMIT"
                    }
                },
                "pid": 2436,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 128
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "allocates_rwx"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Checks for the Locally Unique Identifier on the system for a suspicious privilege",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "call": {
                    "category": "system",
                    "status": 1,
                    "stacktrace": [],
                    "api": "LookupPrivilegeValueW",
                    "return_value": 1,
                    "arguments": {
                        "system_name": "",
                        "privilege_name": "SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege"
                    },
                    "time": 1595483586.8438,
                    "tid": 2124,
                    "flags": {}
                },
                "pid": 2436,
                "type": "call",
                "cid": 391
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "privilege_luid_check"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.0781419277191,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2374,
            "time": 3.0416259765625,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2702,
            "time": 1.031042098999,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3030,
            "time": 3.0538229942322,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3358,
            "time": 1.6424279212952,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3686,
            "time": -0.087536096572876,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 4014,
            "time": 1.6099019050598,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8490,
            "time": 1.0652770996094,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12682,
            "time": 3.1279740333557,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "b1379936ca25364785a8ea028ded0975b7bfefe1cdc7161e26aed820903f344c",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "bd7b2cca0bceeb089386f9a3a823141d812b55a640cc85ad6fb6a46ab3e1a866",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Folder name variants

innostp.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files (x86)\Innovative Solutions\DriverMax\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named innostp.exe

innostp.exe (33 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD58f32b883b2d4a4c15f0443204b3f9e38
SHA25622bed3cef09c343b88a862a0d1959788b5b96e4385d8e728e8953c98a2617904

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to innostp.exe:

innostp.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

innostp.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Application Starter has stopped working.

End Program - innostp.exe. This program is not responding.

innostp.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

innostp.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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Votes
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Remove100 %
1

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