Question Analysis
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.
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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
for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i
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| Model | Answer | KQL Query | Status | Attempts | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 | "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 | Correct | 1 | 8.68s | 0.0030 |
| gpt-35-turbo | ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 >nul 2>&1 | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == 'ProcessCreated' and ProcessCommandLine contains 'ping' and ProcessCommandLine contains '-t' and ProcessCommandLine contains 'cmd.exe' | Incorrect | 1 | 2.08s | 0.0030 |
| gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | "cmd.exe" /c for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName == 'cmd.exe' and ProcessCommandLine has 'for' and ProcessCommandLine has 'ping'
| project DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, TimeGenerated
| distinct ProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 7.70s | 0.0490 |
| gpt-4.1 | "cmd.exe" /c for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | DeviceProcessEvents
| where tolower(FileName) == "cmd.exe" or tolower(InitiatingProcessFileName) == "cmd.exe"
| where (
(tolower(ProcessCommandLine) has "for" and tolower(ProcessCommandLine) has "ping" and ProcessCommandLine matches regex @"for.+(%%?\w).+ping")
or
(tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has "for" and tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has "ping" and InitiatingProcessCommandLine matches regex @"for.+(%%?\w).+ping")
)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 5 | 30.65s | 0.0606 |
| gpt-4.1-finetuned | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0529 |
| gpt-4.1-mini | for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessParentFileName == "cmd.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "ping"
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @".*(for|while|foreach).* ping.*"
| project DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, TimeGenerated
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 2 | 6.06s | 0.0042 |
| gpt-4.1-nano | for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName == 'cmd.exe'
| where ProcessCommandLine has_any ('for', 'while') or ProcessCommandLine contains 'ping'
| project DeviceName, ProcessId, ProcessCommandLine, ProcessCreationTime, InitiatingProcessFileName | Correct | 3 | 25.47s | 0.0010 |
| gpt-4o | "cmd.exe" /c for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName == "cmd.exe"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_all ("ping", "-n", "&&") or InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_any ("for", "loop", "%%")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatingProcessAccountName | Correct | 2 | 6.30s | 0.0378 |
| grok-3-beta | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.1014 |
| grok-3-mini-beta | "cmd.exe" /c for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ 'cmd.exe'
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'ping' and ProcessCommandLine contains 'for'
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc
| limit 10 | Correct | 1 | 12.76s | 0.0016 |
| o1-high | "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 has_all ("ping", "for")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountDomain, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 47.18s | 0.2618 |
| o1-low | "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 /L" and ProcessCommandLine contains "ping"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 37.96s | 0.2467 |
| o3-mini-high | "cmd.exe" /c for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "cmd.exe"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "ping" and InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains "for /l"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 15.01s | 0.0148 |
| o3-mini-low | "cmd.exe" /c for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName =~ "cmd.exe"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "ping"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "for"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| sort by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 27.20s | 0.0145 |
| o4-mini-high | "cmd.exe" /c for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | DeviceProcessEvents
// Apply your time range filter here (e.g. | where TimeGenerated between (start .. end))
| where FileName == "cmd.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @"(?i)for\s+/?l.*ping"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine
| sort by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 90.18s | 0.0144 |
| o4-mini-low | "cmd.exe" /c for /l %i in (1,1,254) do ping -n 1 -w 100 192.168.1.%i | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName == "cmd.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "for /L" and ProcessCommandLine has "ping"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine
| sort by TimeGenerated asc | Correct | 2 | 105.38s | 0.0214 |