ZIP File Dynamic Bruteforce Password Cracker in Python

Simple but powerful tool to crack passwords of zip file

Table of contents

• General info
• Technologies
• Setup
• Instructions
• Code Examples
• Status
• Contact

General info

The project is motivated by my desire to develop my skills in pentesting and general python skills. Feel free to copy but use it in ethical way only ;)

Technologies

• colorama==0.4.1

Setup

execute from bash terminal: source install.sh script from general folder will install and activate virtual env

Instructions

To execute help: python3 zip_cracker.py -h

It will return:

usage: zip_cracker.py [-h] [--max MAX] [-t THREADS] [-l] [-u] [-d] [-p] file

ZIP File Dynamic Bruteforce Password Cracker in Python

positional arguments:
  file                  name of file to bruteforce.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --max MAX             Maximal len of password default = 14
  -t THREADS, --threads THREADS
                        Number of threads, default = 1
  -l, --lowercase       Password generator will include lowercase
  -u, --uppercase       Password generator will include uppercase
  -d, --digits          Password generator will include digits
  -p, --punctuation     Password generator will include punctuation

Code Examples

to run zip file password cracker:

• on file zip_file.zip
• determine password no longer than 4 characters
• operate on 5 threads
• check combinations of password including uppercase only

python3 zip_cracker.py zip_file.zip --max 4 -u -t 5

Status

Project is: finished, I am looking for new inspirations, please reach me for that purpose/ suggestions (email below)

Contact

Created by @kamil1marczak - kamil1marczak@gmail.com - feel free to contact me!