Sometimes I just don’t bother learning new stuff till the old stuff stops working for me. It’s amazing how many really simple things people stroll past on their way to god knows where.
You’ll have to tinker a bit, probably write some script to bruteforce the password. Unless you expect your password to be a strong one. In that case I fear there is no way.
Tried to unzip it, but got an error saying that in order to unzip it I would have to add files to the archive first, so apparently the zip is empty? I… dont think its supposed to be empty
if you are comfortable running python scripts: https://github.com/andreblue/doc-breaker I also have many many more word lists. I’d be happy to give it a shot if the contents are not too sensitive.
I ran that exact script and it output that it found the password and that it was 123456. It was not 123456. The “unlocked document” it generated cannot even be opened. If you have an idea how that might be fixed I’d gladly take that and the password list(s). Don’t wanna share the document however, since I have entirely forgotten what’s in it, so it may or may not be sensitive
You’re looking a tool called John the Ripper. The jumbo version comes with a script called office2john, which extracts the password hash for it to crack.
I believe you can also use hashcat with the password hash, which will be a lot quicker if you have a GPU because John is CPU bound.
I’ve done this before by uploading the file to google drive which stripped the password off. I remember viewing it no problem but saving it was a few more steps. This was several years ago though so… Good luck!
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You can try using Office2John to create a hashfile for John the Ripper to crack, then use John the Ripper on said hashfile.
The answer used to be John the Ripper, but I’m a decade out of date on this stuff, so it might not be any more.
Damn it’s been long since I heard that name. Blast from the past.
Sometimes I just don’t bother learning new stuff till the old stuff stops working for me. It’s amazing how many really simple things people stroll past on their way to god knows where.
Reminds me of still using spybot search & destroy :p
John still works great! For modern documents you need a script to pull out the hash but other than that it’ll do the job fine
Maybe some of these older suggestions still apply: https://superuser.com/questions/486844/how-can-i-unlock-a-microsoft-docx-document#486883
You’ll have to tinker a bit, probably write some script to bruteforce the password. Unless you expect your password to be a strong one. In that case I fear there is no way.
Tried to unzip it, but got an error saying that in order to unzip it I would have to add files to the archive first, so apparently the zip is empty? I… dont think its supposed to be empty
Rename the file extension from .docx to .zip, and then you’ll be able to open the file as an executable.
if you are comfortable running python scripts: https://github.com/andreblue/doc-breaker I also have many many more word lists. I’d be happy to give it a shot if the contents are not too sensitive.
I ran that exact script and it output that it found the password and that it was 123456. It was not 123456. The “unlocked document” it generated cannot even be opened. If you have an idea how that might be fixed I’d gladly take that and the password list(s). Don’t wanna share the document however, since I have entirely forgotten what’s in it, so it may or may not be sensitive
That’s the same number I have on my luggage!
Only an idiot would use that as a password.
ohhhhhh im stealing this one, thatll be my new password for everything
That’s why my password is “password” and not “that”.
Samsonite! I was way off.
You can try using Office2John to create a hashfile for John the Ripper to crack, then use John the Ripper on said hashfile.
You’re looking a tool called John the Ripper. The jumbo version comes with a script called office2john, which extracts the password hash for it to crack.
I believe you can also use hashcat with the password hash, which will be a lot quicker if you have a GPU because John is CPU bound.
I’ve done this before by uploading the file to google drive which stripped the password off. I remember viewing it no problem but saving it was a few more steps. This was several years ago though so… Good luck!
didnt work sadly. thanks for the recommendation though!
Too bad, they must have fixed that workaround. Good luck cracking the safe!
Try hashcat.
Johntheripper works too.