Question Analysis

A Windows endpoint shows an Active Setup entry under Internet Explorer Core Fonts being altered with a StubPath value. Investigate the registry events and identify the payload that was set.

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Question ID
5/16
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
31%
Success Rate
Reference Answer

Human-validated correct answer for this question

calc.exe
Model Performance Comparison

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ModelAnswerKQL QueryStatusAttemptsTimeCost
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0269
gpt-35-turbo
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0117
gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.2381
gpt-4.1
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0390
gpt-4.1-finetuned
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0543
gpt-4.1-mini
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0065
gpt-4.1-nano
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0011
gpt-4o
C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe
DeviceRegistryEvents | where RegistryKey has_any("Active Setup", "Internet Explorer Core Fonts") | where RegistryValueName == "StubPath" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, DeviceId, ActionType, RegistryKey, RegistryValueName, RegistryValueData | where ActionType has "RegistryValueSet"
Correct
4
32.05s
0.0358
grok-3-beta
calc.exe
DeviceRegistryEvents | where RegistryKey contains "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Active Setup\\Installed Components" | where RegistryValueName == "StubPath" | project DeviceName, Timestamp, RegistryKey, RegistryValueData, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | order by Timestamp desc
Correct
2
18.37s
0.0391
grok-3-mini-beta
C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe
DeviceRegistryEvents | where ActionType == 'RegistryValueSet' | where RegistryKey contains "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Active Setup\\Installed Components" | where RegistryValueName == 'StubPath' | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, RegistryKey, RegistryValueName, RegistryValueData, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | order by TimeGenerated desc | limit 100
Correct
4
48.09s
0.0060
o1-high
C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe
DeviceRegistryEvents | where ActionType in ("SetValue","ModifyValue","RegistryValueSet","RegistryValueModified") | where RegistryKey has "Active Setup" | where RegistryValueName =~ "StubPath" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, ActionType, RegistryKey, RegistryValueName, PreviousRegistryValueData, RegistryValueData, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | order by TimeGenerated desc
Correct
3
74.16s
0.5745
o1-low
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.8245
o3-mini-high
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0370
o3-mini-low
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0419
o4-mini-high
calc.exe
DeviceRegistryEvents | where RegistryValueName == "StubPath" | where RegistryKey has "Software\\Microsoft\\Active Setup\\Installed Components" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, ActionType, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, RegistryKey, RegistryValueData | sort by TimeGenerated desc
Correct
2
57.66s
0.0222
o4-mini-low
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0426