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A help desk technician reviews a ticket where a user says they logged out of the payroll portal, but another employee who found the session cookie in a browser debug log could still access the account until the session expired. Which attack best matches this behavior?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.
A
Best answer
Session hijacking, because a stolen session token was reused to impersonate the user.
If a valid session cookie can be reused by someone else, the attacker is effectively taking over the active session without knowing the password.
B
Distractor review
Pretexting, because the attacker pretended to be an authorized employee on a phone call.
Pretexting is a social engineering technique, but the scenario focuses on reuse of an existing web session token, not deception by conversation.
C
Distractor review
CSRF, because the victim was tricked into sending unwanted requests from their browser.
CSRF uses the victim's authenticated browser to submit actions, but it does not involve stealing and reusing the session cookie itself.
D
Distractor review
Insecure deserialization, because serialized objects were accepted without validation.
Insecure deserialization involves unsafe object handling on the server, which is unrelated to a reused session token from a browser log.
Common exam trap
Common exam trap: NAT rules depend on direction and matching traffic
NAT is not only about the public address. The inside/outside interface roles and the ACL or rule that matches traffic are just as important.
Technical deep dive
How to think about this question
NAT questions usually test address translation, overload/PAT behaviour, static mappings and whether the right traffic is being translated. Read the interface direction and address terms carefully.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
- PAT allows many inside hosts to share one public address using ports.
- Inside local and inside global describe the private and translated addresses.
- NAT ACLs identify traffic for translation, not always security filtering.
TExam Day Tips
- Identify inside and outside interfaces first.
- Check whether the scenario needs static NAT, dynamic NAT or PAT.
- Do not confuse NAT matching ACLs with normal packet-filtering intent.
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FAQ
Questions learners often ask
What does this SY0-701 question test?
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Session hijacking, because a stolen session token was reused to impersonate the user. — The correct answer is session hijacking. A session cookie is a bearer credential: whoever presents it can often continue the authenticated session until it expires or is revoked. Because the log exposed the token, the attacker did not need the password. This is a session abuse problem, and the strongest control is to protect cookies, shorten lifetimes, and prevent leakage in logs. Why others are wrong: Pretexting is about social manipulation, not stolen token reuse. CSRF abuses an active session to force actions, but the attacker here is directly reusing the cookie. Insecure deserialization is a server-side parsing weakness and does not explain why another person could access the account with the same session value.
What should I do if I get this SY0-701 question wrong?
Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.
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