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In a Linux environment, an elevated process was used to execute a command that read /etc/shadow and redirected its output to a file. Identify what file name was employed to store these results.
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Question ID
4/16
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
25%
Success Rate
Reference Answer
Human-validated correct answer for this question
T1003.008.txt
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| 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 | 0.0292 |
| gpt-35-turbo | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0109 |
| gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.2304 |
| gpt-4.1 | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0514 |
| gpt-4.1-finetuned | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0521 |
| gpt-4.1-mini | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0079 |
| gpt-4.1-nano | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0015 |
| gpt-4o | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0539 |
| grok-3-beta | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0985 |
| grok-3-mini-beta | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0078 |
| o1-high | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.7707 |
| o1-low | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 1.1187 |
| o3-mini-high | T1003.008.txt | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "/etc/shadow" and ProcessCommandLine contains ">"
| extend output_file = extract(@">\s*(\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, output_file
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 17.91s | 0.0127 |
| o3-mini-low | /tmp/T1003.008.txt | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "/etc/shadow"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine contains ">"
| extend output_file = extract(@">\s*([^\s]+)", 1, InitiatingProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(output_file)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, output_file
| distinct output_file | Correct | 1 | 61.90s | 0.0122 |
| o4-mini-high | /tmp/T1003.008.txt; | DeviceProcessEvents
// Only processes run by root
| where AccountName == "root"
// Look for reading /etc/shadow and using shell redirection (> or >>)
| where ProcessCommandLine has "/etc/shadow" and ProcessCommandLine matches regex @"\>{1,2}"
// Extract the path/file following the redirection operator
| extend OutputFile = extract(@"\>{1,2}\s*(\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(OutputFile)
// Show relevant fields
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, OutputFile
// Summarize to see unique files and their timelines
| summarize FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated), Occurrences = count() by OutputFile, DeviceName, AccountName
| order by LastSeen desc | Correct | 2 | 61.35s | 0.0192 |
| o4-mini-low | /tmp/T1003.008.txt | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "/etc/shadow"
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @">\s*\S+"
| where InitiatingProcessAccountName == "root"
| extend OutputFile = extract(@">\s*(\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(OutputFile)
| distinct OutputFile | Correct | 1 | 36.91s | 0.0127 |