Question Analysis
An attacker is suspected of using the Windows shell to enumerate a user’s Internet Explorer bookmarks via the Favorites folder. Identify the exact command they executed to perform this listing.
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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
dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites
Model Performance Comparison
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| Model | Answer | KQL Query | Status | Attempts | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 | "cmd.exe" /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessFileName in ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe") or FileName in ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe")
| where ProcessCommandLine has "Favorites" and (ProcessCommandLine has "dir" or ProcessCommandLine has "Get-ChildItem")
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 12.63s | 0.0062 |
| gpt-35-turbo | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0109 |
| gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | "cmd.exe" /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName == 'cmd.exe' or FileName == 'powershell.exe'
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'Favorites'
| project DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, TimeGenerated | Correct | 1 | 13.21s | 0.0532 |
| gpt-4.1 | cmd.exe /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has_any ('dir', 'ls', 'Get-ChildItem')
and ProcessCommandLine has 'Favorites'
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, FileName, FolderPath, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 4.69s | 0.0119 |
| gpt-4.1-finetuned | "cmd.exe" /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where Timestamp > ago(7d)
| where ProcessCommandLine has "dir" and ProcessCommandLine has "%userprofile%" and ProcessCommandLine has "Favorites"
| distinct ProcessCommandLine, DeviceName, AccountName
| extend timestamp = now(), AccountCustomEntity = AccountName, HostCustomEntity = DeviceName | Correct | 3 | 23.34s | 0.0253 |
| gpt-4.1-mini | cmd.exe /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has_any ("dir", "ls", "Get-ChildItem")
and ProcessCommandLine contains "Favorites"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, ProcessCommandLine
| sort by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 3.99s | 0.0022 |
| gpt-4.1-nano | cmd.exe /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'Favorites' and (ProcessCommandLine contains 'dir' or ProcessCommandLine contains 'ls' or ProcessCommandLine contains 'Get-ChildItem')
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @'(?:dir\s+.*Favorites|ls\s+.*Favorites|Get-ChildItem\s+.*Favorites)'
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, ProcessCommandLine | Correct | 2 | 4.44s | 0.0007 |
| gpt-4o | cmd.exe /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has 'dir' and ProcessCommandLine contains 'Favorites'
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, AccountDomain, AccountName | Correct | 2 | 22.34s | 0.0253 |
| grok-3-beta | dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where TimeGenerated > ago(30d)
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'Favorites'
| where InitiatingProcessFileName in ('cmd.exe', 'powershell.exe')
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName | Correct | 1 | 9.73s | 0.0207 |
| grok-3-mini-beta | "cmd.exe" /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'Favorites' and ProcessCommandLine contains 'dir'
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine
| order by Timestamp desc
| limit 10 | Correct | 2 | 20.65s | 0.0029 |
| o1-high | cmd.exe /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "dir" and ProcessCommandLine has "Favorites"
// Optionally include shell references if relevant:
//| where ProcessCommandLine has "shell:favorites"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceId, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 39.39s | 0.2943 |
| o1-low | cmd.exe /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ "cmd.exe" or FileName =~ "powershell.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has_all ("dir", "Favorites")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 35.68s | 0.2721 |
| o3-mini-high | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0374 |
| o3-mini-low | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0470 |
| o4-mini-high | cmd.exe /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has "\\Favorites"
| where FileName in ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe")
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @"(?i)\b(dir|ls|tree|get-childitem)\b"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 31.61s | 0.0117 |
| o4-mini-low | "cmd.exe" /c dir /s /b %USERPROFILE%\\Favorites | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName in~ ("cmd.exe", "powershell.exe", "explorer.exe")
| where ProcessCommandLine has "Favorites"
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @"\b(dir|tree|ls|Get-ChildItem)\b.*Favorites"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, FileName, ProcessCommandLine
| sort by TimeGenerated asc | Correct | 2 | 58.27s | 0.0159 |