Question Analysis

In a Linux environment, you observe a process labeled like the cron daemon but running from an unexpected path. Investigate creation events to uncover the actual filename used by this fake cron process.

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Question ID
7/16
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
44%
Success Rate
Reference Answer

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crond
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ModelAnswerKQL QueryStatusAttemptsTimeCost
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17
crond
DeviceProcessEvents | where ActionType == "ProcessCreated" | where FileName contains "cron" | where strcat(FolderPath, "/", FileName) !in ("/usr/sbin/cron", "/usr/bin/cron", "/sbin/cron") | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessId
Correct
1
15.22s
0.0071
gpt-35-turbo
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0110
gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09
crond
DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName contains 'cron' and not(FolderPath startswith '/usr/sbin/') | project DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, ProcessCommandLine, ProcessCreationTime, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessFolderPath | order by ProcessCreationTime desc
Correct
2
15.92s
0.0998
gpt-4.1
cron
DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName == "cron" | where FolderPath !in ("/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin") // Optionally: add more standard cron paths as needed | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, FolderPath, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessFolderPath, SHA256 | order by TimeGenerated desc
Incorrect
1
8.09s
0.0169
gpt-4.1-finetuned
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0725
gpt-4.1-mini
crond
DeviceProcessEvents | where ActionType == "ProcessCreated" | where FileName contains "cron" | where FolderPath !contains "/usr/sbin/" and FolderPath !contains "/usr/bin/" and FolderPath !contains "/bin/" | project DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, ProcessCreationTime, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName | sort by ProcessCreationTime desc
Correct
2
7.14s
0.0030
gpt-4.1-nano
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0017
gpt-4o
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0478
grok-3-beta
crond
DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName contains "cron" | where FolderPath !startswith "/usr/sbin/" and FolderPath !startswith "/usr/bin/" | project DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, ProcessCreationTime, ProcessCommandLine, SHA1, SHA256, Timestamp | order by Timestamp desc
Correct
2
15.41s
0.0381
grok-3-mini-beta
cron
let linuxDevices = DeviceInfo | where OSPlatform == "Linux" | distinct DeviceId; DeviceProcessEvents | where ActionType == "ProcessCreated" | where FileName =~ "cron" | where DeviceId in (linuxDevices) | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, DeviceId, FileName, FolderPath, ProcessCommandLine | order by TimeGenerated desc
Incorrect
1
19.44s
0.0021
o1-high
crond
DeviceInfo | where OSPlatform == "Linux" | distinct DeviceId | join kind=inner ( DeviceProcessEvents | where ActionType == "ProcessCreated" // Catch partial matches on the name "cron" | where FileName contains "cron" // Exclude typical cron binaries/paths | where FolderPath !startswith "/usr/bin" and FolderPath !startswith "/usr/sbin" and FolderPath !startswith "/bin" and FolderPath !startswith "/sbin" | project TimeGenerated, DeviceId, DeviceName, AccountName, FolderPath, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine ) on DeviceId | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, FolderPath, FileName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | order by TimeGenerated desc
Correct
3
109.09s
0.6143
o1-low
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
1.1339
o3-mini-high
crond
DeviceProcessEvents | where ActionType == "ProcessCreated" // Look for processes with 'cron' in the name | where FileName contains "cron" // Exclude typical cron daemon location; adjust the path condition as needed | where FolderPath !contains "/usr/sbin" | extend ExecutablePath = strcat(FolderPath, "/", FileName) | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, ExecutablePath, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | sort by TimeGenerated desc
Correct
1
14.60s
0.0136
o3-mini-low
crond
DeviceProcessEvents | where FileName contains "cron" // Filter out known legitimate cron daemon location | where FolderPath !startswith "/usr/sbin/" // Optionally, you can add additional filters for Linux environment if available | project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, ProcessCommandLine | sort by TimeGenerated desc
Correct
1
21.77s
0.0118
o4-mini-high
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0422
o4-mini-low
No answer provided
No query generated
Incorrect
5
0.00s
0.0526