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Hello. I don't know what happened but today I forgot my KeePass password with everything I need inside. My frustration is through the roof. I started googling, found a way to generate a hash with keepass2john and now I'm here.
Maybe someone could guide me to a solution to the following problem.
I'm somewhat certain that the following is the case:
KKKKKKKKKKKKUUKKKKK (K= Known character, U= Unknown character)
From what I've read so far, I guess that I need 2 dictionaries. One for the left part that I know, another for the right part.
But due to language barrier it's pretty hard to grasp how to solve this.
Could you give me hints or solutions?
I am very grateful for any idea you people can give me.
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use a mask attack with this mask:
KKKKKKKKKKKK?a?aKKKKK
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(01-11-2021, 06:16 PM)undeath Wrote: use a mask attack with this mask:
KKKKKKKKKKKK?a?aKKKKK
Thank you I'll read into that.
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01-11-2021, 06:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-11-2021, 06:54 PM by undeath.)
.\hashcat.exe -m 13400 -a 3 keepass.txt 'KKKKK?a?aKKKK!'
My hash looks like this:
$keepass$*2*20000000*0*x*x*x*x*x
Am I on the right way? Hashcat is working at this moment.
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01-11-2021, 06:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-11-2021, 06:56 PM by undeath.)
Please don't post hashes. I've censored yours.
The command looks right. I just hope you have replaced your known Ks by the actual characters.
You might see a speed gain by adding -S to your command line.
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01-11-2021, 07:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-11-2021, 07:10 PM by hansvader.)
(01-11-2021, 06:55 PM)undeath Wrote: Please don't post hashes. I've censored yours.
The command looks right. I just hope you have replaced your known Ks by the actual characters.
You might see a speed gain by adding -S to your command line.
Uh. Okay. I guess I've no clue what I'm doing. Thank you for your help.
Edit: I just realized that hashcat does not make any progress at all.
"Progress.........: 0/9025 (0.00%)" what's happening?
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The mask is not optimal for hashcat. With -S it will probably be faster.
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Thank you so much, Undeath!! You saved me so much time. I don't want to think about what happened if I didn't manage to get back into my keepass database. I feel so relieved.
Again: Thank you and everyone involved with hashcat! <3
