How to crack zip file password
Find the password hashes of zip file and then crack that hashes to capture the file password easily.
- zip2john filename.zip [eg : zip2john windows.zip ]
Now the password hashes loaded like collection of strings & special characters. lets to save the output
- zip2john filename.zip > filename.txt [ eg : zip2john windows.zip > hash.txt ]
Now try to crack that hash file using command john
- john hash.txt [or]
- john --format=fileformat [ eg : john --format=zip ]
- Hit the Enter button now it trying to crack password using word list and ASCII values of combinations.
