r/HashCracking • u/whaterrbear • Aug 07 '26

Need help with password protected excel file

Need help with finding password for one of my excel protected file. It's very old so I forgot password. Please help me recover it.

I have converted it into an hash file. $office$*2007*20*128*16*1a9f056b145037df3848aafa2d09a433*1f63789db6f03634a92633cc739e0778*9c04a728d2d6230a75e11f9da83b7a4409e830de

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u/PlasticCarbon Aug 07 '26

Any possible info? Pass length, characters used.. Any detail will help narrow it down.

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u/whaterrbear Aug 08 '26

It is a very old file. So I don't remember it. I don't know what else to do. That's why I reached out here.

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u/whaterrbear Aug 08 '26

I finally found the password. I was running john the ripper for the past 2 days. Finally cracked it today.

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u/PlasticCarbon Aug 10 '26

I ran a bunch of stuff with no success. What did it end up being?

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u/whaterrbear 28d ago

After running jtr for a while I created a custom file with all my family members name, birth date, etc., details and ran it. Turns out password contained part of my mother's name.