Quick Tutorial: Crack zip password using fcrackzip in Kali Linux
fcrackzip is a tool used to identify passwords of zip file. This tool works on simple concept of bruteforce.
You can install fcrackzip by following simple steps:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install fcrackzip
Verify installation
$ fcrackzip --
help
Example Usage
$ fcrackzip -u -D -p /usr/share/wordlists/dirbuster/directory-list-2.3-medium.txt <password-zip-file>
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-u : use unzip file to identify passwords
-D : use a dictionary
-p : input password
$ fcrackzip -b -l 5–12 -v -u <password-zip-file>
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-b : brute force option
-l : check password with minimum and max length
-v : verbose
Conclusion
This is short tutorial to explain installation and simple usage of fcrackzip on Kali Linux.
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Can i do the -b search without additional characters?