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crack_hashes.py

import hashlib from tqdm import tqdm # List of supported hash types hash_names = [ 'blake2b', 'blake2s', 'md5', 'sha1', 'sha224', 'sha256', 'sha384', 'sha3_224', 'sha3_256', 'sha3_384', 'sha3_512', 'sha512', ] def crack_hash(hash, wordlist, hash_type=None): """Crack a hash using a wordlist. Args: hash (str): The hash to crack. wordlist (str): The path to the wordlist. Returns: str: The cracked hash. """ hash_fn = getattr(hashlib, hash_type, None) if hash_fn is None or hash_type not in hash_names: # not supported hash type raise ValueError(f'[!] Invalid hash type: {hash_type}, supported are {hash_names}') # Count the number of lines in the wordlist to set the total total_lines = sum(1 for line in open(wordlist, 'r')) print(f"[*] Cracking hash {hash} using {hash_type} with a list of {total_lines} words.") # open the wordlist with open(wordlist, 'r') as f: # iterate over each line for line in tqdm(f, desc='Cracking hash', total=total_lines): if hash_fn(line.strip().encode()).hexdigest() == hash: return line if __name__ == "__main__": import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Crack a hash using a wordlist.') parser.add_argument('hash', help='The hash to crack.') parser.add_argument('wordlist', help='The path to the wordlist.') parser.add_argument('--hash-type', help='The hash type to use.', default='md5') args = parser.parse_args() print() print("[+] Found password:", crack_hash(args.hash, args.wordlist, args.hash_type))