[TriLUG] OT: password cracking service for Word docs

[Jon Carnes]

Hmmm, the password used to be stored in plain text near the end of the
document - you could grab it with a hex editor or probably even using
strings.

I do hope that later versions of Word are more advanced than this... I
mean, it's supposed to be DOD ready!

Jon Carnes

On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 21:17, Chris Knowles wrote:
> OK, I tried it with word, and it no worky.  OO pops up and says that it
> can't open protected documents.  Now, it will work if all they've done
> is protect against changes, but not if they've protected the entire
> document.
> 
> CJK
> 
> On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 17:05, Jason Tower wrote:
> > i can't speak for word, but a client recently sent me a XLS file that had
> > passwd-protected cells/columns (they had forgotten the passwd and wanted
> > to know if i could "fix" it).  OO calc had no trouble with it, saved it as
> > a new file and all was right with the world.  i did have to do a
> > "unprotect sheet" or something like that first, only took a second.
> > 
> > jason
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 16:39, Dan wrote:
> > >> --On Friday, March 26, 2004 04:07:41 PM -0500 Jason Tower
> > >> <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > yeah, it's called openoffice :)
> > >>
> > >> 'splain please... will OpenOffice read in the password protected files?
> > >> I've not played with OO because, like Office, it seems to be way bloated
> > >> to
> > >> me.
> > >
> > > OpenOffice will not read password protected word documents at all.
> > > Do give it a try for your general office needs, though, it feels a lot
> > > less bloated in recent versions, like the one included in Fedora Core 1
> > > or Mandrake 10.
> > >
> > > AbiWord will open some types of password-protected Word docs... but it
> > > will prompt for the password.  It needs this to decrypt.
> > >
> > > I believe John Beimler has experience with this; if he doesn't see this
> > > thread, you may want to ask him on IRC (nick jbeimler).
> > >
> > > --Jeremy
> > >
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