The goal of this script is to make it very easy to convert Password-protected PDF Files to so-called "hashes" which hashcat can crack.
| MODE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| 10400 | PDF 1.1 - 1.3 (Acrobat 2 - 4) |
| 10410 | PDF 1.1 - 1.3 (Acrobat 2 - 4), collider #1 |
| 10420 | PDF 1.1 - 1.3 (Acrobat 2 - 4), collider #2 |
| 10500 | PDF 1.4 - 1.6 (Acrobat 5 - 8) |
| 25400 | PDF 1.4 - 1.6 (Acrobat 5 - 8) |
| 10600 | PDF 1.7 Level 3 (Acrobat 9) |
| 10700 | PDF 1.7 Level 8 (Acrobat 10 - 11) |
Use the following command to view supported modes:
hashcat --help | grep -i pdfpdf2hashcat dummy.pdf | tee dummy.pdf.hashcat
hashcat -m $MODE -a 0 dummy.pdf.hashcat wordlist.txt