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SPLK-5002 · Question #83

What does the following search do?

The correct answer is D. Displays a list of processes and their parent processes. The search filters on EventCode=4688 (Windows event for process creation) and then uses stats count, values(process) by parent_process_name. This produces a list of processes (child processes) along with their parent processes, showing how many times each parent process created…

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Question

What does the following search do?

Options

  • ADisplays a list of newly created processes and the user that created them.
  • BDisplays a count of processes created by the same user.
  • CDisplays a count of processes created by the same child process.
  • DDisplays a list of processes and their parent processes.

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    12% (5)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    81% (35)

Explanation

The search filters on EventCode=4688 (Windows event for process creation) and then uses stats count, values(process) by parent_process_name. This produces a list of processes (child processes) along with their parent processes, showing how many times each parent process created child processes.

Topics

#process analysis#parent-child process#SPL search#process tree

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