Question Analysis
Investigate Windows file creation logs to uncover any new executable added directly to the System32 directory, which may indicate a UEFI persistence implant. What was the name of the file created?
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Question ID
8/16
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
50%
Success Rate
Reference Answer
Human-validated correct answer for this question
wpbbin.exe
Model Performance Comparison
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| Model | Answer | KQL Query | Status | Attempts | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 | sethc.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == "FileCreated"
| where FolderPath startswith "C:\\Windows\\System32\\"
| where FileName endswith ".exe" or
FileName endswith ".dll" or
FileName endswith ".sys" or
FileName endswith ".scr" or
FileName endswith ".cpl" or
FileName endswith ".efi"
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, FolderPath, FileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| order by Timestamp desc | Incorrect | 3 | 34.81s | 0.0157 |
| gpt-35-turbo | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0110 |
| gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | wpbbin.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == 'FileCreated'
| where FolderPath has '\\System32'
| where FileName endswith '.exe'
| project DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, TimeGenerated | Correct | 1 | 9.68s | 0.0509 |
| gpt-4.1 | wpbbin.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == "FileCreated"
| where tolower(FolderPath) startswith "c:\\windows\\system32"
| where FileName matches regex @"\.(exe|dll|sys)$"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, FolderPath, InitiatingProcessAccountName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine | Correct | 3 | 13.08s | 0.0329 |
| gpt-4.1-finetuned | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0551 |
| gpt-4.1-mini | wpbbin.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == "FileCreated"
| where FolderPath startswith @"C:\Windows\System32"
| where FileName endswith ".exe"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName
| sort by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 2 | 6.46s | 0.0030 |
| gpt-4.1-nano | wpbbin.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where FolderPath has "System32" and FileName endswith ".exe"
| project FileName, FolderPath, TimeGenerated
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 1.83s | 0.0005 |
| gpt-4o | sethc.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == "FileCreated"
| where FolderPath has "\\System32"
| where FileName has_any (".exe", ".dll", ".sys")
| project TimeGenerated, FolderPath, FileName | Incorrect | 3 | 26.99s | 0.0400 |
| grok-3-beta | wpbbin.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == 'FileCreated'
| where FolderPath contains 'System32'
| where FileName endswith '.exe'
| project Timestamp, FileName, FolderPath, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessAccountName
| order by Timestamp desc | Correct | 1 | 11.07s | 0.0226 |
| grok-3-mini-beta | sethc.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == 'FileCreated'
| where FolderPath contains 'System32'
| where FileName endswith '.exe' or FileName endswith '.dll' // Assuming common executables
| distinct FileName
| project FileName | Incorrect | 1 | 15.78s | 0.0015 |
| o1-high | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.7260 |
| o1-low | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.6194 |
| o3-mini-high | wpbbin.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == "FileCreated"
| where FolderPath contains "System32"
| where FileName endswith ".exe"
| project TimeGenerated, FolderPath, FileName
| sort by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 8.72s | 0.0077 |
| o3-mini-low | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0393 |
| o4-mini-high | wpbbin.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == "FileCreated"
| where FolderPath has @"Windows\System32"
| where FileName endswith ".exe"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FolderPath, FileName, InitiatingProcessFileName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| sort by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 40.97s | 0.0121 |
| o4-mini-low | wpbbin.exe | DeviceFileEvents
| where ActionType == "FileCreated"
| extend FullPath = strcat(tolower(FolderPath), "\\", tolower(FileName))
| where FullPath startswith "c:\\windows\\system32\\"
| where FileName endswith ".exe"
| summarize FirstCreated = min(Timestamp) by FileName
| project FileName, FirstCreated
| order by FirstCreated asc | Correct | 2 | 44.92s | 0.0186 |