rarPasswordCracker – Bruteforces a password protected rar/zip file

#Rar/Zip Password Cracker in python.Software Author notes

I had to bruteforce a rar file in a ctf so wrote some ad-hoc code in python. Works in Linux/Windows.

How to use rarPasswordCracker

Windows

Install Python if you have not already done so.

launch Python & run script bruteforce.py

python

Linux

First clone rarPasswordCracker

git clone https://github.com/GauthamGoli/rarPasswordCracker.git

Change in to rarPasswordCracker directory.

cd rarPasswordCracker

Replace RARFILE.rar with the path to the .rar you file you would like to brute force.

python bruteforce.py --fr RARFILE.rar -c abcdefghijklmnopqrst0123 -n 6

Syntax

python bruteforce.py --fr filetocrack.rar -c charset -n sizeofpassword

python bruteforce.py --fr RARFILE.rar -c abcdefghijklmnopqrst0123 -n 6

python bruteforce.py --fz ZIPFILE.zip -c charset -n sizeofpassword

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