Null Session
nounverified· unreviewed·updated Aug 30, 2026
Known as Anonymous Logon, it is a way of letting an anonymous user retrieve information such as user names and shares over the network or connect without authentication. It is used by applications such as explorer.exe to enumerate shares on remote servers.
MWESANS Glossary of Security Terms
Classifications
Entity Type
Vulnerability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
Regulated65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- plural
- Null Sessions
- possessive
- Null Session's
- pluralpossessive
- Null Sessions'