Question Analysis
Within Windows process event logs, identify instances where the built-in net.exe utility is used to change a user account password. What was the new password argument passed in?
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Question ID
8/16
Models Correct
1
Valid Answer
50%
Success Rate
Reference Answer
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HuHuHUHoHo283283@dJD
Model Performance Comparison
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| Model | Answer | KQL Query | Status | Attempts | Time | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-2.5-flash-preview-04-17 | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0612 |
| gpt-35-turbo | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0113 |
| gpt-4-turbo-2024-04-09 | HuHuHUHoHo283283@dJD | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName == 'net.exe'
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'user'
| extend NewPasswordArgument = extract("(?i)user [^ ]+ ([^ ]+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| project DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, NewPasswordArgument | Correct | 2 | 18.65s | 0.0980 |
| gpt-4.1 | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0360 |
| gpt-4.1-finetuned | User2ChangePW! | DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine != "" and ProcessCommandLine has "net user" and ProcessCommandLine contains "/add"
| extend NewPassword = extract(@"net user [^ ]+ ([^ ]+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotnull(NewPassword)
| summarize LatestTimeGenerated = arg_max(TimeGenerated, *) by AccountName, AccountDomain, AccountSid, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, NewPassword, FolderPath
| project TimeGenerated = LatestTimeGenerated, AccountName, AccountDomain, AccountSid, DeviceName, ProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, NewPassword, FolderPath
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 4 | 33.52s | 0.0402 |
| gpt-4.1-mini | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0085 |
| gpt-4.1-nano | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0013 |
| gpt-4o | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0621 |
| grok-3-beta | HuHuHUHoHo283283@dJD | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ 'net.exe'
| where ProcessCommandLine contains 'user'
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @'user\s+[^\s]+\s+[^\s]+'
| project Timestamp, DeviceName, AccountName, ProcessCommandLine, FileName, FolderPath | Correct | 1 | 9.74s | 0.0224 |
| grok-3-mini-beta | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.0074 |
| o1-high | HuHuHUHoHo283283@dJD | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ "net.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has " user "
| project TimeGenerated,
DeviceName,
AccountName,
UserAccount = extract(@"(?i)net(?:\.exe)?\\s+user\\s+(\\S+)\\s+(\\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine),
NewPassword = extract(@"(?i)net(?:\.exe)?\\s+user\\s+(\\S+)\\s+(\\S+)", 2, ProcessCommandLine),
ProcessCommandLine
| order by TimeGenerated desc | Correct | 4 | 106.69s | 0.7014 |
| o1-low | No answer provided | No query generated | Incorrect | 5 | 0.00s | 0.7136 |
| o3-mini-high | HuHuHUHoHo283283@dJD | DeviceProcessEvents
| where tolower(InitiatingProcessFileName) == 'net.exe'
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has 'user'
| extend NewPassword = extract(@"(?i)net\.exe\s+user\s+\S+\s+(\S+)", 1, InitiatingProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(NewPassword)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, NewPassword | Correct | 1 | 32.49s | 0.0087 |
| o3-mini-low | HuHuHUHoHo283283@dJD | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ "net.exe"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has "user"
| extend NewPassword = extract(@"net\.exe\s+user\s+\S+\s+(?<NewPassword>\S+)", 1, InitiatingProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(NewPassword)
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, NewPassword | Correct | 3 | 28.85s | 0.0290 |
| o4-mini-high | User2ChangePW! | DeviceProcessEvents
// Filter for the built-in net.exe utility
| where tolower(FileName) == "net.exe"
// Look for the "net user <account> <newpassword>" pattern
| where ProcessCommandLine matches regex @"\bnet\s+user\s+\S+\s+\S+"
// Extract the account name and the new password argument
| extend AccountName = extract(@"\bnet\s+user\s+(\S+)\s+\S+", 1, ProcessCommandLine),
NewPassword = extract(@"\bnet\s+user\s+\S+\s+(\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
// Select relevant columns
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountDomain, InitiatingProcessAccountName, AccountName, NewPassword, ProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 25.25s | 0.0099 |
| o4-mini-low | HuHuHUHoHo283283@dJD | DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ "net.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has " user "
| extend TargetUser = extract(@"net\.exe\s+user\s+(\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine),
NewPassword = extract(@"net\.exe\s+user\s+\S+\s+(\S+)", 1, ProcessCommandLine)
| where isnotempty(NewPassword) and NewPassword != "*"
| project TimeGenerated, DeviceName, InitiatingProcessAccountName, TargetUser, NewPassword, ProcessCommandLine | Correct | 1 | 38.06s | 0.0125 |