Question Analysis
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.
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Question ID
13/16
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
81%
Success Rate
Reference Answer
Human-validated correct answer for this question
tasklist
Model Performance Comparison
See how different AI models performed on this question
| Model | Answer | KQL Query | Status | Attempts | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0420 |
| gpt-35-turbo | PowerShell | DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName == 'cmd.exe' and ProcessCommandLine contains 'tasklist' | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | Incorrect | 4 | 8.49s | 0.0101 |
| gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | tasklist | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ 'cmd.exe' and ProcessCommandLine has 'tasklist'
| project DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, TimeGenerated | Correct | 2 | 14.65s | 0.0949 |
| gpt-4.1 | tasklist.exe | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "cmd.exe"
| where
FileName =~ "tasklist.exe"
or (FileName =~ "wmic.exe" and ProcessCommandLine has_any ("process list", "process get"))
or (FileName =~ "powershell.exe" and ProcessCommandLine has "Get-Process")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, AccountName
| summarize Count=count(), SampleCommand=any(ProcessCommandLine) by FileName
| order by Count desc | Correct | 4 | 19.12s | 0.0316 |
| gpt-4.1-finetuned | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0594 |
| gpt-4.1-mini | tasklist | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName == "cmd.exe"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_any ("tasklist", "wmic process", "Get-Process")
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| distinct Timestamp, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| order by Timestamp desc | Correct | 2 | 52.03s | 0.0042 |
| gpt-4.1-nano | tasklist | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName in ('cmd.exe', 'cmd')
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'tasklist' or ProcessCommandLine contains '/tasklist' or ProcessCommandLine contains '/status'
| project DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCreationTime | Correct | 1 | 2.08s | 0.0005 |
| gpt-4o | tasklist.exe | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName == "cmd.exe"
and InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "tasklist"
| summarize ExecutedTool = any(FileName) by DeviceName, ProcessCreationTime | Correct | 1 | 2.58s | 0.0143 |
| grok-3-beta | tasklist | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ 'cmd.exe'
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'tasklist'
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, ProcessCommandLine, ProcessCreationTime, InitiatingProcessAccountName
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 10.27s | 0.0201 |
| grok-3-mini-beta | tasklist | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ 'cmd.exe'
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'tasklist' or ProcessCommandLine contains 'wmic process'
| extend Tool = extract(@'(\btasklist\b|\bwmic process\b)', 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| summarize DistinctTools = make_set(Tool) by TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName | Correct | 2 | 25.48s | 0.0030 |
| o1-high | tasklist | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "cmd.exe"
// Filter to known built-in tools typically used to list running processes
| where FileName in~ ("tasklist.exe", "wmic.exe")
// Optionally refine to further confirm the process-listing context
// by inspecting the command line for relevant keywords (uncomment line below if needed)
// | where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("list", "tasklist", "process")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, FolderPath, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 32.52s | 0.2029 |
| o1-low | tasklist | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "cmd.exe"
| where FileName in~ ("tasklist.exe", "wmic.exe")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceId, DeviceName, FolderPath, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 22.03s | 0.1919 |
| o3-mini-high | tasklist | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "cmd.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "tasklist"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, ProcessId, InitiatingProcessFileName, ProcessCommandLine
| Correct | 1 | 10.04s | 0.0088 |
| o3-mini-low | tasklist | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ "cmd.exe"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "tasklist" or ProcessCommandLine has "tasklist"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessCommandLine
| sort by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 51.46s | 0.0111 |
| o4-mini-high | tasklist | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName == "cmd.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("tasklist","wmic","powershell","Get-Process")
| extend Tool = case(
ProcessCommandLine contains "tasklist", "tasklist",
ProcessCommandLine contains "wmic", "wmic",
ProcessCommandLine contains "Get-Process", "Get-Process",
ProcessCommandLine contains "powershell", "PowerShell",
"Unknown")
| where Tool != "Unknown"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, ProcessCommandLine, Tool
| summarize Count = count(), FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated) by DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, Tool
| order by Count desc | Correct | 1 | 21.99s | 0.0099 |
| o4-mini-low | tasklist.exe | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName == "cmd.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "tasklist" or ProcessCommandLine has_cs "wmic process list"
| summarize Occurrences = count() by BuiltInTool = strcat(FolderPath, "\\", FileName)
| project BuiltInTool, Occurrences | Correct | 1 | 26.20s | 0.0100 |