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Null Session

nounid 3397·updated Aug 30, 2026
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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.

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Entity Type

Vulnerability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

Regulated65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

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Null Sessions
possessive
Null Session's
pluralpossessive
Null Sessions'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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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.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
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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.
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