“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 ")