Create password-cracker.py

Author: skirat

EthicalHackingScripts/password-cracker/password-cracker.py

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+import hashlib
+print("**************PASSWORD CRACKER ******************")
+		
+# To check if the password
+# found or not.
+pass_found = 0									
+
+input_hash = input("Enter the hashed password:")
+
+pass_doc = input("\nEnter passwords filename including path(root / home/):")
+
+try:
+	# trying to open the password file.
+	pass_file = open(pass_doc, 'r')			
+except:
+	print("Error:")
+	print(pass_doc, "is not found.\nPlease give the path of file correctly.")
+	quit()
+
+
+# comparing the input_hash with the hashes
+# of the words in password file,
+# and finding password.
+
+for word in pass_file:
+	# encoding the word into utf-8 format
+	enc_word = word.encode('utf-8')
+			
+	# Hashing a word into md5 hash
+	hash_word = hashlib.md5(enc_word.strip())
+
+	# digesting that hash into a hexa decimal value	
+	digest = hash_word.hexdigest()		
+	
+	if digest == input_hash:
+		# comparing hashes
+		print("Password found.\nThe password is:", word)
+		pass_found = 1
+		break
+
+# if password is not found.
+if not pass_found:
+	print("Password is not found in the", pass_doc, "file")
+	print('\n')
+print("***************** Thank you **********************")