Using Linux process execution logs, identify the specific command that was used to filter loaded kernel modules for entries containing “vmw.” What was that full command?
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Question ID
14/23
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
61%
Success Rate
Reference Answer
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grep vmw /proc/modules
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| Model | Answer | KQL Query | Status | Attempts | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 | grep vmw /proc/modules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine contains "vmw"
| distinct ProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 16.47s | 0.0066 |
| gpt-35-turbo | lsmod; kmod list; grep vmw /proc/modules | DeviceProcessEvents | where ProcessCommandLine contains 'vmw' | summarize Count=count() by ProcessCommandLine | project ProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 2.21s | 0.0026 |
| gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | sudo lsmod | grep -i "vmw_baloon\\|vmxnet" | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has 'lsmod' and ProcessCommandLine has 'vmw' and (ProcessCommandLine contains 'grep' or ProcessCommandLine contains 'awk')
| summarize count() by ProcessCommandLine
| order by count_ desc
| project ProcessCommandLine | Incorrect | 4 | 54.64s | 0.2050 |
| gpt-4.1 | grep vmw /proc/modules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has_any ('lsmod', 'cat /proc/modules') and ProcessCommandLine has 'grep vmw'
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine
| distinct ProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 6.00s | 0.0113 |
| gpt-4.1-finetuned | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0438 |
| gpt-4.1-mini | grep vmw /proc/modules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine contains "vmw"
| distinct ProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 4.39s | 0.0023 |
| gpt-4.1-nano | grep -i vmware\|virtualbox | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'vmw'
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex '(grep|cat|awk)' // Filtering commands likely used for filtering kernel modules
| project TimeGenerated, ProcessCommandLine
| top 1 by TimeGenerated desc | Incorrect | 1 | 2.88s | 0.0005 |
| gpt-4o | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0446 |
| gpt-5-high | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.2715 |
| gpt-5-mini-high | grep vmw /proc/modules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where tolower(ProcessCommandLine) contains "vmw"
// look for common filter/list combos: grep/egrep or lsmod/cat /proc/modules
| where tolower(ProcessCommandLine) contains "grep" or tolower(ProcessCommandLine) contains "egrep" or tolower(ProcessCommandLine) contains "lsmod" or tolower(ProcessCommandLine) contains "/proc/modules" or tolower(FileName) contains "grep"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, FileName, ProcessId, ProcessCommandLine
| summarize FirstSeen=min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen=max(TimeGenerated), Events=count(), Devices=dcount(DeviceName) by ProcessCommandLine, FileName, InitiatingProcessAccountName
| order by LastSeen desc | Correct | 1 | 22.99s | 0.0062 |
| gpt-5-mini-low | grep vmw /proc/modules | union isfuzzy=true DeviceProcessEvents, DeviceEvents, DeviceFileEvents
| extend cmd = coalesce(tostring(ProcessCommandLine), tostring(InitiatingProcessCommandLine), tostring(InitiatingProcessCommandLine))
| where isnotempty(cmd)
// Look for commands that inspect loaded kernel modules and search for "vmw" (case-insensitive)
| where tolower(cmd) contains "vmw" and (
tolower(cmd) contains "lsmod" or
tolower(cmd) contains "/proc/modules" or
tolower(cmd) contains "cat /proc/modules"
)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessId, InitiatingProcessId = tostring(InitiatingProcessId), cmd
| summarize Occurrences = count(), FirstSeen = min(TimeGenerated), LastSeen = max(TimeGenerated) by cmd, DeviceName
| order by Occurrences desc, LastSeen desc
| limit 100 | Correct | 1 | 31.42s | 0.0063 |
| gpt-5-mini-medium | grep vmw /proc/modules | union DeviceProcessEvents, DeviceEvents
| extend CommandLine = coalesce(ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(CommandLine)
// look for cases where a grep/egrep was used to filter kernel modules for "vmw"
| where (tolower(CommandLine) contains "grep" or tolower(CommandLine) contains "egrep")
and tolower(CommandLine) contains "vmw"
and (tolower(CommandLine) contains "lsmod" or tolower(CommandLine) contains "/proc/modules")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FileName, ProcessId, AccountName, CommandLine
| sort by TimeGenerated desc
| take 100 | Correct | 1 | 26.25s | 0.0074 |
| gpt-5-nano-high | sh -c "lsmod; kmod list; grep vmw /proc/modules" | DeviceProcessEvents
| extend CommandLine = iff(isnotempty(InitiatingProcessCommandLine), InitiatingProcessCommandLine, ProcessCommandLine) // prefer initiating process line, fallback to process line
| where CommandLine has "vmw" and CommandLine has "grep"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, User = InitiatingProcessAccountName, CommandLine
| sort by TimeGenerated desc
| take 100 | Correct | 1 | 34.68s | 0.0023 |
| gpt-5-nano-medium | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0072 |
| grok-3-beta | sudo lsmod | grep -i "vmw_baloon\|vmxnet" | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'lsmod' and ProcessCommandLine contains 'vmw'
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine
| limit 10 | Incorrect | 1 | 10.72s | 0.0243 |
| grok-3-mini-beta | sh -c "lsmod; kmod list; grep vmw /proc/modules" | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine has "grep" and ProcessCommandLine has "vmw"
| project ProcessCommandLine
| distinct ProcessCommandLine
| limit 10 | Correct | 1 | 16.45s | 0.0016 |
| o1-high | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.6576 |
| o1-low | grep vmw /proc/modules | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ActionType == "ProcessCreated"
// Optionally filter only Linux devices, if needed, by joining with DeviceInfo:
// | join kind=innerunique (
// DeviceInfo
// | where OSPlatform == "Linux"
// | project DeviceId
// ) on DeviceId
| where tolower(ProcessCommandLine) has_any ("lsmod","grep vmw","vmw.","cat /proc/modules")
or tolower(InitiatingProcessCommandLine) has_any ("lsmod","grep vmw","vmw.","cat /proc/modules")
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 3 | 99.40s | 0.7621 |
| o3-high | grep vmw /proc/modules | // Substitute your own time picker in the portal – query is time-agnostic otherwise
DeviceProcessEvents
// (Optional) keep only Linux devices – comment out if not needed
| join kind=inner (
DeviceInfo
| where OSPlatform == "Linux"
| project DeviceId
) on DeviceId
// Look for interactive inspection of the list of loaded kernel modules
// Typical ways are either “lsmod | grep vmw” or “cat /proc/modules | grep vmw”
| where ProcessCommandLine has "grep" and ProcessCommandLine has "vmw"
| where ProcessCommandLine has "lsmod" or ProcessCommandLine has "/proc/modules"
// Return the full command line that was executed
| summarize Executions = count() by DeviceName, AccountName, bin(TimeGenerated, 1h), FullCommand = tostring(ProcessCommandLine)
| project Time = TimeGenerated, DeviceName, AccountName, FullCommand, Executions
| order by Time desc | Correct | 1 | 30.91s | 0.0207 |
| o3-mini-high | sh -c "lsmod; kmod list; grep vmw /proc/modules" | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine has "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine has "grep" and ProcessCommandLine has "vmw"
| distinct ProcessCommandLine
| Correct | 1 | 21.79s | 0.0176 |
| o3-mini-low | sh-c"lsmod;kmodlist;grepvmw/proc/modules" | DeviceProcessEvents
| where ProcessCommandLine contains "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine contains "grep" and ProcessCommandLine contains "vmw"
| distinct ProcessCommandLine
| project ProcessCommandLine | Incorrect | 1 | 28.47s | 0.0195 |
| o4-mini-high | sh -c "lsmod; kmod list; grep vmw /proc/modules" | let LinuxDevices = DeviceInfo
| where OSPlatform has "Linux"
| distinct DeviceId;
DeviceProcessEvents
| where DeviceId in (LinuxDevices)
| where ProcessCommandLine has "lsmod" and ProcessCommandLine has "grep vmw"
| project FullCommand = ProcessCommandLine
| distinct FullCommand | Correct | 3 | 84.76s | 0.0322 |
| o4-mini-low | grep vmw /proc/modules | // 1. Define the time range (the actual window will be set by the client)
let StartTime = startofday(ago(7d));
let EndTime = now();
// 2. Identify Linux devices
let LinuxDevices =
DeviceInfo
| where TimeGenerated between (StartTime .. EndTime)
| where tolower(OSPlatform) has "linux"
| distinct DeviceId;
// 3. Search for grep vmw in process command lines
union isfuzzy=true
DeviceProcessEvents,
DeviceEvents
| where TimeGenerated between (StartTime .. EndTime)
| where DeviceId in (LinuxDevices)
| extend FullCommand = coalesce(ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine)
| where FullCommand has "grep" and FullCommand has "vmw"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, FullCommand
| distinct FullCommand, DeviceName, TimeGenerated
| sort by TimeGenerated desc
| Correct | 5 | 130.05s | 0.0359 |