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fcrackzip:tldr:9f220
fcrackzip: Crack a password using a wordlist.
$ fcrackzip --use-unzip --dictionary --init-password ${wordlist} ${archive}
try on your machine
The command fcrackzip
is used to crack passwords of zip files. Let's break down the command and explain each part:
fcrackzip
: This is the name of the command itself, specifying the utility "fcrackzip" which is used for password cracking.--use-unzip
: This flag tells the command to use the "unzip" utility for extracting files from the archive. It helps in speeding up the cracking process.--dictionary
: This flag indicates that a dictionary attack will be performed, where a list of possible passwords (called a wordlist) will be tested against the zip file's password.--init-password
: This flag is used to initialize the cracking process with a password. It starts the cracking from this specific password and continues further to find the correct one. Here,${wordlist}
is a placeholder for the path to the wordlist file that contains passwords to be tried.${wordlist}
: This is a placeholder for the actual path to the wordlist file. You need to replace it with the file path on your system.${archive}
: This is a placeholder for the path to the zip archive file to be cracked. You also need to replace it with the actual file path on your system.
To execute this command, you would replace ${wordlist}
and ${archive}
with the appropriate file paths, ensuring the wordlist contains a list of possible passwords to test against the zip file.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.