Question Analysis
On a Linux system where an attacker may disable iptables by saving the current rules and then flushing them, examine process execution logs to identify the specific filename that received the rules backup. What file name was used?
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Question ID
11/16
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
69%
Success Rate
Reference Answer
Human-validated correct answer for this question
iptables.rules
Model Performance Comparison
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| Model | Answer | KQL Query | Status | Attempts | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 | /tmp/iptables.rules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "iptables-save"
// Look for redirection > or >> followed by a filename/path
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @'.*iptables-save\s*>+\s*([^ ]+)'
| extend OutputFileName = extract(@'.*iptables-save\s*>+\s*([^ ]+)', 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(OutputFileName)
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, OutputFileName | Correct | 1 | 12.82s | 0.0063 |
| 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 | 0.2292 |
| gpt-4.1 | /tmp/iptables.rules; | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has "iptables-save >"
| extend SavedFileName = extract(@"iptables-save\s*>\s*([^\s]+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(SavedFileName)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, ProcessCommandLine, SavedFileName
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 4.64s | 0.0125 |
| gpt-4.1-finetuned | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0449 |
| gpt-4.1-mini | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0075 |
| gpt-4.1-nano | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0016 |
| gpt-4o | /tmp/iptables.rules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "iptables-save" or ProcessCommandLine contains "iptables"
| project FileName, ProcessCommandLine, TimeGenerated | Correct | 1 | 19.22s | 0.0217 |
| grok-3-beta | /tmp/iptables.rules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "iptables-save"
| extend BackupFileName = extract("[>\\s]+([^>\\s]+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(BackupFileName)
| project DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, BackupFileName, Timestamp
| order by Timestamp desc | Correct | 1 | 13.07s | 0.0241 |
| grok-3-mini-beta | /tmp/iptables.rules | let LinuxDevices = DeviceInfo
| where OSPlatform == "Linux"
| distinct DeviceId;
DeviceProcessEvents
| where DeviceId in (LinuxDevices)
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "iptables-save" and ProcessCommandLine contains ">"
| extend Filename = extract(@"iptables-save.*>\s*(.*)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| project Filename
| distinct Filename
| order by Filename asc | Correct | 1 | 12.83s | 0.0016 |
| o1-high | /tmp/iptables.rules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "iptables-save"
| extend BackupFilename = extract(@">\s*([^\s]+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(BackupFilename)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, BackupFilename
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 2 | 45.19s | 0.3675 |
| o1-low | /tmp/iptables.rules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has "iptables-save"
| extend backupFile = extract(@"iptables-save.*>\s*(\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(backupFile)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, ProcessCommandLine, backupFile | Correct | 2 | 53.70s | 0.4153 |
| o3-mini-high | /tmp/iptables.rules; | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "iptables-save" and ProcessCommandLine contains ">"
| extend backup_filename = extract(@">\s*(\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| project TimeGenerated, backup_filename, ProcessCommandLine, FileName
| sort by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 1 | 10.84s | 0.0087 |
| o3-mini-low | /tmp/iptables.rules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has "iptables-save" and ProcessCommandLine has ">"
| extend backup_file = extract(@">\s*([^\s]+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, backup_file
| sort by TimeGenerated desc
// This query identifies the file where the iptables-save output was redirected, revealing the backup filename used. | Correct | 1 | 11.19s | 0.0116 |
| o4-mini-high | /tmp/iptables.rules; | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "iptables-save"
| extend BackupFile = extract(@">\s*(\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(BackupFile)
| summarize FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated) by BackupFile, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName
| order by FirstSeen desc | Correct | 1 | 32.09s | 0.0107 |
| o4-mini-low | /tmp/iptables.rules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "iptables-save"
// Extract the filename immediately following the '>' redirection
| extend BackupFile = extract(@"iptables-save\s*>\s*(\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(BackupFile)
// Summarize and sort by frequency to identify the specific file name used
| summarize UsageCount = count() by BackupFile
| sort by UsageCount desc
| project BackupFile | Correct | 2 | 65.21s | 0.0154 |