gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17
KQL Benchmark Performance Analysis
Performance Overview
Success Rate
51.1%
(96 / 188 successful)
Average Attempts
2.88
per question
Avg. Execution Time
13.56s
Total Cost
$3.8224
Detailed Test Results
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| # | Prompt (Question) | MITRE ATT&CK | Correct Answer | LLM Answer | Correct | KQL Query from LLM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On a Windows host, an attacker leveraged COMSVCS.DLL via rundll32.exe to dump the memory of svchost.exe into a file under the Temp directory. Review the file creation logs to determine the exact name of the dump file that was generated. | svchost-exe.dmp | svchost-exe.dmp | ✓ | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == "FileCreated"
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "rundll32.exe"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "comsvcs.dll"
| where FolderPath has "Temp"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, FolderPath, FileName, SHA256 | |
| 2 | On a Linux system, review process creation logs to spot any dd commands reading from /proc/*/mem. What was the name of the file where the dumped memory was written? | T1003.007.bin | /tmp/T1003.007.bin | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "dd" and ProcessCommandLine has "if=/proc/" and ProcessCommandLine has "/mem"
| extend OutputFileName = extract(@"of=([^ ]+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(OutputFileName)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, OutputFileName
| order by TimeGenerated asc | |
| 3 | On Windows devices, identify the full command used when the built-in credential manager utility was invoked to list stored credentials. What was the exact command? | cmdkey /list | cmdkey.exe /list | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where FileName == "cmdkey.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "/list"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine | |
| 4 | Using Windows process event logs, investigate PowerShell activity around lsass.exe memory capture. What was the name of the script file invoked to perform the dump? | Out-Minidump.ps1 | Out-Minidump.ps1 | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName in~ ("powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe")
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "lsass"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "dump" or ProcessCommandLine contains "minidump" or ProcessCommandLine contains "credential" or ProcessCommandLine contains "memory"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine | |
| 5 | An analyst notices a PowerShell process on a Windows host that appears to be checking SMB connectivity. Which PowerShell cmdlet was executed to perform this outbound port 445 test? | Test-NetConnection | Test-NetConnection | ✓ | DeviceNetworkEvents
| where RemotePort == 445
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "powershell.exe"
| distinct InitiatingProcessCommandLine | |
| 6 | On a Windows host, someone appears to have run a built-in network shell utility to list saved wireless network profiles and their passwords in clear text. Review the process creation logs to discover the exact command that was executed. | netsh wlan show profile * key=clear | "cmd.exe" /c netsh wlan show profile * key=clear | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine has "netsh wlan" | |
| 7 | A Linux host’s Syslog shows a shell-based network discovery script ran multiple commands. One of them listed current TCP connections. Which utility was invoked? | netstat | netstat | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("netstat", "ss", "lsof") or FileName has_any ("netstat", "ss", "lsof")
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine
| sort by Timestamp desc | |
| 8 | A Windows host executed an ICMP-based network reconnaissance using a looping instruction in cmd.exe. Identify the exact command line that was used to perform the ping sweep. | for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | "cmd.exe" /c for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where FileName == "cmd.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "for" and ProcessCommandLine contains "ping"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessCommandLine, AccountName | |
| 9 | In a Linux environment, an elevated process was used to execute a command that read /etc/shadow and redirected its output to a file. Identify what file name was employed to store these results. | T1003.008.txt | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 10 | On a Windows endpoint, review process creation logs to uncover when a built-in utility was used to reveal ARP entries. What exact command was used to list the ARP cache? | arp -a | arp -a | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "arp" and ProcessCommandLine contains "-a"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine
| order by Timestamp asc | |
| 11 | Identify the PowerShell cmdlet used on Windows to format and display the raw volume bytes after an attacker read the boot sector via a DOS device path. | Format-Hex | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 12 | An analyst suspects a user or script ran a service enumeration command on a Linux system. Review process events to find the service-listing invocation and specify the full command that was executed. | systemctl --type=service | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 13 | On a Linux host, a ping command was executed to test internet connectivity. Determine which IP address was used as the ping target. | 8.8.8.8 | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 14 | On a Windows endpoint, look for evidence of a base64-encoded PowerShell payload execution. Which executable launched the encoded command? | powershell.exe | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 15 | A Windows host shows a process launch with an extremely obfuscated command line that dynamically builds and invokes code at runtime. Which process name was used to execute this payload? | powershell | powershell.exe | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "-EncodedCommand" or (strlen(ProcessCommandLine) > 500 and FileName in ("powershell.exe", "cmd.exe", "wscript.exe", "cscript.exe", "rundll32.exe", "regsvr32.exe"))
| distinct FileName | |
| 16 | On Windows hosts, look through recent PowerShell execution records to find any elevated session where remote management was turned on. What exact command was run to enable PSRemoting? | Enable-PSRemoting -Force | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 17 | In a Linux environment, you observe a process labeled like the cron daemon but running from an unexpected path. Investigate creation events to uncover the actual filename used by this fake cron process. | crond | crond | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where FileName contains "cron"
| where strcat(FolderPath, "/", FileName) !in ("/usr/sbin/cron", "/usr/bin/cron", "/sbin/cron")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessId | |
| 18 | On a Linux system, spotting a file‐size change by exactly one byte can indicate hash tampering via padding. Review process execution logs for invocations that increased a file’s size by one byte. Which utility was invoked to perform this padding? | truncate | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 19 | A process is running under a familiar Windows host name but originates from a user's AppData folder rather than the System32 directory. Identify the filename used to masquerade the PowerShell binary on this Windows device. | taskhostw.exe | svchost.exe | ✗ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where FolderPath contains "AppData"
| where FolderPath !contains "System32"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, FolderPath, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName | |
| 20 | Analyze Windows process events for any schtasks.exe commands that created a new task invoking PowerShell. What is the name of the .ps1 script specified to run? | T1036.004_NonExistingScript.ps1 | T1036.004_NonExistingScript.ps1 | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName == "schtasks.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "/create" and ProcessCommandLine has_any ("powershell", "pwsh")
| extend ScriptFileName = extract(@'\b([a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+\.ps1)\b', 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(ScriptFileName)
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ScriptFileName | |
| 21 | On a Windows system, someone ran PowerShell to copy a file from a remote machine’s C$ share to the local TEMP folder. Using process event logs, what full PowerShell command was executed to perform this action? | copy-item -Path "\\127.0.0.1\C$\Windows\temp\Easter_Bunny.password" -Destination "$Env:TEMP\Easter_egg.password" | "powershell.exe" & {copy-item -Path \"\\127.0.0.1\C$\Windows\temp\Easter_Bunny.password\" -Destination \"$Env:TEMP\Easter_egg.password\"} | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ "powershell.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "\\"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "TEMP"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine | |
| 22 | Windows process creation logs show a PowerShell-driven file transfer to an FTP service. Which executable was leveraged to perform this exfiltration? | rclone.exe | rclone.exe | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "powershell.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "ftp"
| distinct FileName | |
| 23 | Review Linux process execution records for any commands that list TCP metric cache entries and filter out loopback interfaces. Which utility was used? | ip | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 24 | A user launched a Windows command prompt and executed a built-in utility to enumerate all active network connections. Using process creation logs, identify the exact tool that produced the list of current connections. | netstat | netstat | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "cmd.exe"
| where FileName =~ "netstat.exe"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessCommandLine, AccountName | |
| 25 | Linux hosts may log events when new files are added to /var/spool/cron/crontabs. Query those logs for a creation or write action in that directory and determine the file name that was added. | persistevil | persistevil | ✓ | DeviceFileEvents
| where FolderPath startswith "/var/spool/cron/crontabs"
| where ActionType == "FileCreated" or ActionType == "FileWritten"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, FolderPath, FileName, ActionType, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | |
| 26 | In a Windows log analytics workspace, search for PowerShell processes that were used to enumerate network connections. Determine which PowerShell cmdlet was executed to list active TCP connections. | Get-NetTCPConnection | Get-NetTCPConnection | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ "powershell.exe" or FileName =~ "pwsh.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "Get-NetTCPConnection" or ProcessCommandLine contains "netstat"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | |
| 27 | A reconnaissance tool was executed on a Windows system. Identify the specific function of the tool that was executed. The function has a name from something you can eat | fruit | Easter_egg | ✗ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "apple" or ProcessCommandLine contains "berry" or ProcessCommandLine contains "grape" or ProcessCommandLine contains "melon" or ProcessCommandLine contains "lemon" or ProcessCommandLine contains "orange" or ProcessCommandLine contains "pear" or ProcessCommandLine contains "plum" or ProcessCommandLine contains "bean" or ProcessCommandLine contains "corn" or ProcessCommandLine contains "rice" or ProcessCommandLine contains "fish" or ProcessCommandLine contains "meat" or ProcessCommandLine contains "egg" or ProcessCommandLine contains "milk" or ProcessCommandLine contains "honey" or ProcessCommandLine contains "sugar" or ProcessCommandLine contains "salt" or ProcessCommandLine contains "pie" or ProcessCommandLine contains "donut" or ProcessCommandLine contains "candy"
or FileName contains "apple" or FileName contains "berry" or FileName contains "grape" or FileName contains "melon" or FileName contains "lemon" or FileName contains "orange" or FileName contains "pear" or FileName contains "plum" or FileName contains "bean" or FileName contains "corn" or FileName contains "rice" or FileName contains "fish" or FileName contains "meat" or FileName contains "egg" or FileName contains "milk" or FileName contains "honey" or FileName contains "sugar" or FileName contains "salt" or FileName contains "pie" or FileName contains "donut" or FileName contains "candy"
or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "apple" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "berry" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "grape" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "melon" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "lemon" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "orange" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "pear" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "plum" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "bean" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "corn" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "rice" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "fish" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "meat" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "egg" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "milk" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "honey" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "sugar" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "salt" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "pie" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "donut" or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "candy"
or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "apple" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "berry" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "grape" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "melon" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "lemon" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "orange" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "pear" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "plum" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "bean" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "corn" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "rice" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "fish" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "meat" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "egg" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "milk" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "honey" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "sugar" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "salt" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "pie" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "donut" or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "candy"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | |
| 28 | On a Linux system, identify the script that was generated by decoding a base64 data file and then executed. What was the filename of that script? | art.sh | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 29 | You suspect malicious persistence via scheduled tasks on a Windows endpoint. Review the process execution logs to identify the built-in utility used to register tasks at logon or startup. What is the name of this utility? | schtasks | schtasks.exe | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName =~ "schtasks.exe" | distinct FileName | |
| 30 | A Windows host shows a core command-line utility being duplicated from its System32 location to a user-profile folder and subsequently run. Identify the name of the executable that was copied. | cmd.exe | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 31 | A Linux host briefly hosted an HTTP service under /tmp. Examine process creation logs to determine the exact python3 command that was used to start the server on port 9090. | python3 -m http.server 9090 | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 32 | On a Windows device, review the process execution logs to find instances where a built-in listing tool was piped into a string filter. Identify the process name that the attacker was searching for. | lsass | lsass | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "|" and (ProcessCommandLine contains "findstr" or ProcessCommandLine contains "find.exe" or ProcessCommandLine contains "Select-String")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, FileName, ProcessCommandLine | |
| 33 | On Windows, review recent registry changes to detect when the MSC file association was hijacked by a reg add operation. What executable file was configured as the default command under HKCU\Software\Classes\mscfile\shell\open\command? | calc.exe | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 34 | On a Windows host, investigate process events to find when Task Manager was launched via cmd with an unusual flag. What was the full command executed? | taskmgr.exe /7 | "cmd.exe" /c taskmgr.exe /7 | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where FileName =~ "taskmgr.exe"
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "cmd.exe"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessCommandLine | |
| 35 | A threat actor on a Windows system crafted and registered a service named almost identically to the standard time service, but redirecting execution to a custom script. Review the logging data to determine which native command-line tool was used to perform this action. What utility was invoked? | sc | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 36 | Review the process creation logs on a Windows host to uncover any tool execution indicative of a special APC injection for shellcode execution. What was the name of the executable used? | NtQueueApcThreadEx.exe | powershell.exe | ✗ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "inject" or ProcessCommandLine contains "shellcode" or ProcessCommandLine contains "beacon" or ProcessCommandLine contains "payload" or FileName contains "inject" or FileName contains "shellcode" or FileName contains "beacon" or FileName contains "payload"
| distinct FileName | |
| 37 | A malicious actor may attempt to list running processes on a Windows machine using a WMI-based command. Review the process creation events to find out which utility was invoked to perform this enumeration. | wmic.exe | powershell.exe | ✗ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "wmic process list" or ProcessCommandLine contains "Get-Process" or ProcessCommandLine contains "Get-CimInstance" or ProcessCommandLine contains "Get-WmiObject"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | |
| 38 | On a Windows device, PowerShell was used to collect a snapshot of running processes. Identify the exact cmdlet that was executed. | Get-Process | Get-Process | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName == "powershell.exe"
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "Get-Process"
| distinct ProcessCommandLine | |
| 39 | On a Windows endpoint you observe a PowerShell process that fetches a script from the internet and immediately executes an RPC service scan against the spooler. Which function name was invoked to perform that scan? | spoolvulnscan | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 40 | Which full interactive shell command, as recorded in the Linux process logs, repeatedly echoed a distinctive marker message to the terminal? | for i in $(seq 1 5); do echo "$i, Atomic Red Team was here!"; sleep 1; done | Atomic | ✗ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "echo"
// Add a filter here for the distinctive marker message, e.g. | where ProcessCommandLine contains "<distinctive_marker_message>"
| summarize CommandCount = count() by DeviceId, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine
| where CommandCount > 1
| order by CommandCount desc | |
| 41 | While reviewing Windows process events, you spot a PowerShell process executing a WMI enumeration cmdlet. What WMI class name did the attacker query? | Win32_Process | Win32_Process | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ "powershell.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "Get-WmiObject" or ProcessCommandLine has "Get-CimInstance"
| extend WmiClassName = extract("(?i)-(Class|ClassName)\\s+[\\\"\']?([^\\\"\']+)[\\\"\']?", 2, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(WmiClassName)
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, WmiClassName | |
| 42 | On a Windows host, find any scheduled task that was registered using PowerShell native cmdlets instead of schtasks.exe. What was the name given to the new task? | AtomicTask | "AtomicTask" | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName in~ ("powershell.exe", "pwsh.exe")
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "Register-ScheduledTask"
| extend TaskNameRaw = extract(@'-TaskName\s+(.*?)(?:\s+-|$)', 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(TaskNameRaw)
| extend TaskName = trim_start('"', trim_start('\'', trim_end('"', trim_end('\'', TaskNameRaw)))) // Trim potential quotes
| extend TaskName = trim_start(' ', trim_end(' ', TaskName)) // Trim potential spaces
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, TaskName
| distinct Timestamp, DeviceName, TaskName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | |
| 43 | Examine the logs from the Linux system for events related to the systemd timer activation. Identify any records indicating that a new timer unit was started and enabled, and determine which timer name was used. | art-timer.timer | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 44 | An analyst suspects that a restricted shell escape was executed using a common Perl package manager on Linux. Review the process execution records to determine which tool was invoked to spawn the shell. | cpan | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 45 | On a Linux system, find any process creation record where awk is used with a BEGIN rule to launch a shell. What was the exact command invoked? | awk 'BEGIN {system("/bin/sh &")}’ | awk 'BEGIN {system("/bin/sh &")}' | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "awk"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "BEGIN"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "system("
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "sh" or ProcessCommandLine contains "bash"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessCommandLine | |
| 46 | On a Windows endpoint, wscript.exe was used to run a JScript. Identify the exact script path passed to wscript. | PathToAtomicsFolder\T1059.007\src\sys_info.js | C:\AtomicRedTeam\atomics\T1059.007\src\sys_info.js | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ "wscript.exe"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine | |
| 47 | Review recent Windows process event logs for PowerShell activity that suggests local group enumeration through WMI. What exact command was executed? | Get-WMIObject Win32_Group | Get-WMIObject Win32_Group | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName == "powershell.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("Win32_Group", "Get-LocalGroup", "wmic group")
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine | |
| 48 | A Windows endpoint recorded a command-line activity through cmd.exe that lists all running processes. Determine which built-in tool was executed to perform this action. | tasklist | N/A | ✗ | ||
| 49 | On a Linux endpoint, process events reveal a chain of group‐enumeration utilities executed by a single session. Which utility was used to query the system’s group database? | getent | getent | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains " getent group" or ProcessCommandLine contains " /etc/group"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, AccountName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, LogonId, InitiatingProcessSessionId, CreatedProcessSessionId | |
| 50 | On a Linux system, analyze the process logs for suspicious command line activity that includes a sequence of commands indicating a pipe-to-shell operation. Identify the tool that was used to execute this piped command, paying special attention to its use in downloading and running script content. | bash | bash | ✓ | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @".*\|\s*(bash|sh|python|pwsh)"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, AccountName, ReportId |
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