Question Analysis
A Linux host executed a native utility to overwrite and then remove a temporary file in one step. Identify the name of the file that was securely deleted by this action.
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Question ID
7/16
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
44%
Success Rate
Reference Answer
Human-validated correct answer for this question
victim-shred.txt
Model Performance Comparison
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| Model | Answer | KQL Query | Status | Attempts | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 | tmphy457btj | DeviceFileEvents
| join DeviceInfo on DeviceId
| where ActionType == "FileDeleted"
| where OSPlatform == "Linux"
| distinct FileName | Incorrect | 1 | 12.93s | 0.0066 |
| gpt-35-turbo | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0110 |
| gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | victim-shred.txt | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == 'FileDeleted'
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains 'shred' or InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains '/bin/rm'
| where FolderPath startswith '/tmp/'
| project DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, TimeGenerated | Correct | 1 | 11.66s | 0.0536 |
| gpt-4.1 | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0475 |
| gpt-4.1-finetuned | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0512 |
| gpt-4.1-mini | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0075 |
| gpt-4.1-nano | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0017 |
| gpt-4o | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0526 |
| grok-3-beta | victim-shred.txt | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'shred'
| join kind=inner (
DeviceInfo
| where OSPlatform contains 'Linux'
) on DeviceId
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine
| order by Timestamp desc | Correct | 2 | 15.39s | 0.0483 |
| grok-3-mini-beta | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0072 |
| o1-high | victim-shred.txt | let LinuxDevices = DeviceInfo
| where OSPlatform == "Linux"
| distinct DeviceId;
DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == "FileDeleted"
| join kind=inner LinuxDevices on DeviceId
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_any ("shred", "srm", "wipe")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FolderPath, FileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 33.11s | 0.2316 |
| o1-low | victim-shred.txt | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where FileName in~ ("shred", "srm")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceId, DeviceName, ProcessId, SecureDeletionCommand = ProcessCommandLine
| join kind=inner (
DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType in~ ("FileDeleted", "FileRemoved")
| project DeviceId, InitiatingProcessId, DeletedFileName = FileName, DeletedFolderPath = FolderPath
) on DeviceId
| where ProcessId == InitiatingProcessId
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, SecureDeletionCommand, DeletedFileName, DeletedFolderPath
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 56.51s | 0.2933 |
| o3-mini-high | victim-shred.txt | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "shred" and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "-u"
| extend TempFile = strcat(FolderPath, "/", FileName)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, TempFile, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc
| take 1 | Correct | 1 | 14.34s | 0.0111 |
| o3-mini-low | /tmp/victim-shred.txt | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "shred" and InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "-u"
| extend SecurelyDeletedFile = extract(@"(?:shred\s+-u\s+)(\S+)", 1, InitiatingProcessCommandLine)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, SecurelyDeletedFile, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 15.16s | 0.0118 |
| o4-mini-high | /tmp/victim-shred.txt | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName == "shred" or FileName endswith "/shred"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "-u" or ProcessCommandLine contains "--remove"
| extend DeletedFile = extract(@"(?:-u|--remove)\s+([^\s]+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(DeletedFile)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, ProcessCommandLine, DeletedFile | Correct | 4 | 99.91s | 0.0409 |
| o4-mini-low | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0427 |