“I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about it’s use. It is hitting below the intellect.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
I don’t get it.. 11:20:21 PM
# USAGE python brute_force.py
import PyPDF2
import os
import sys
import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")
if len(sys.argv) == 2:
# TODO: GET PDF FILE
filename = sys.argv[1]
filename = os.path.abspath(filename)
# TODO: CHECK IF EXISTS
if not os.path.exists(filename):
logging.error("File: " + str(filename) + "does not exist ")
else:
# TODO: GET DICTIONARY
dict = open(os.path.abspath(".\\automate\\dictionary.txt"), "r")
# TODO: CREATE PDF READER
fileRead = open(filename, "rb")
pdfReader = PyPDF2.PdfFileReader(fileRead)
# TODO: LOOP THROUGH WORDS
for word in dict.readlines():
# TODO: TEST LOWER AND UPPER CASE OF WORD
# TODO: TILL MATCH - > BREAK
if pdfReader.decrypt(word.lower()) == 1:
logging.info("Password match found: " + str(word.lower()))
break
elif pdfReader.decrypt(word.upper()) == 1:
logging.info("Password match found: " + str(word.upper()))
break
# TODO: CLOSE FILE
logging.info("all passwords were tested")
dict.close()
fileRead.close()
else:
logging.error("USAGE python brute_force.py ")
