How does one crack a ZIP file password when you have access to one of the files from the ZIP file?

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  • pkcrack

    pkcrack with modern building tools

  • You're thinking of pkcrack, which implements a known-plaintext attack against the "old" PkZip encryption.

  • bkcrack

    Crack legacy zip encryption with Biham and Kocher's known plaintext attack.

  • This is exactly what I was looking for! But instead of using pkcrack I used a better version called bkcrack: https://github.com/kimci86/bkcrack

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