10-21-2020, 02:58 PM
Hello. I used both 7z2hashcat64-1.4.exe and 7z2john.pl to extract the hash from a 7z achieve I've bone-headedly forgotten the password for, both generate the same hash file. When I try to load the file, hashcat reports "salt-value exception" and won't load the hash. The starting string for the hash is "$7z$2$19$0$$16$" if that helps. Using hashcat 6.1.1 on a Win10 machine. Any idea what the issue might be?
I *think* I have a good idea of the words/characters I used for the password, I've been looking for a python script or something that tries to open the 7z file directly using a combination of those words/symbols (rather than extracting the hash), but I can't find anything that works. I'm in tech, but don't know much about hashes beyond generating SSLs for certs. Any advice is appreciated!
I *think* I have a good idea of the words/characters I used for the password, I've been looking for a python script or something that tries to open the 7z file directly using a combination of those words/symbols (rather than extracting the hash), but I can't find anything that works. I'm in tech, but don't know much about hashes beyond generating SSLs for certs. Any advice is appreciated!