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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Model | Answer | KQL Query | Status | Attempts | Time | Cost |
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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 |