Newb needing help cracking a DOCX file.

[bullgates]

Hi All,

New to this so please forgive the basic or easily understood questions.

I have a 2007 DOCX file that I am trying to access with no success.

I have tried this and other variations of turning off protection:

http://opensourcehacker.com/2011/09/23/u...-document/

The file appears to be encrypted so here I am.

I have a PC with 3 video cards (7850's) and semi advanced pc skills. Windows7 (64 bit) with updated drivers and the latest version of oclHashcat64.

I am having trouble with commands and getting the program to run completely. I have watched numerous youtube videos about hashcat but at this point I need written help.

Research leads me to believe the encryption is MD5 but not really certain. Common sense would tell me it's SHA1 because if I open the file with Notepad it says: encryption xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/encryption" xmlns:p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/keyEncryptor/password"><keyData saltSize="16" blockSize="16" keyBits="128" hashSize="20" cipherAlgorithm="AES" cipherChaining="ChainingModeCBC" hashAlgorithm="SHA1" saltValue="...............encryptedHmacKey...........

I have gone here to get HASH value for hash.txt :

http://www.insidepro.com/hashes.php?lang=eng


I have downloaded wordlists but in oclhashcat I keep getting an error about no such file or directory.




If anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it.

Determine the proper algorithm.
Do I use salt value to create HASH?
How long should the salt value be? Based on algo used?
Determine the correct attack method.

Much thanks.