Code for How to Brute Force ZIP File Passwords in Python Tutorial
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zip_cracker.py
from tqdm import tqdm import zipfile import sys # the password list path you want to use wordlist = sys.argv[2] # the zip file you want to crack its password zip_file = sys.argv[1] # initialize the Zip File object zip_file = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file) # count the number of words in this wordlist n_words = len(list(open(wordlist, "rb"))) # print the total number of passwords print("Total passwords to test:", n_words) with open(wordlist, "rb") as wordlist: for word in tqdm(wordlist, total=n_words, unit="word"): try: zip_file.extractall(pwd=word.strip()) except: continue else: print("[+] Password found:", word.decode().strip()) exit(0) print("[!] Password not found, try other wordlist.")
