Firefox Decrypt
Currently the master branch is unstable while we migrate to Python 3.
If you must use Python 2, please try version 0.7.0.
If you have problems using it give the latest release a try or check open issues for ongoing work.
About
Firefox Decrypt is a tool to extract passwords from Firefox/Thunderbird profiles.
It can be used to recover passwords from a profile protected by a Master Password as long as the latter is known. If a profile is not protected by a Master Password, a password will still be requested but can be left blank.
This tool does not try to crack or brute-force the Master Password in any way. If the Master Password is not known it will simply fail to recover any data.
This script is written in Python and is compatible with versions 2.7+ (last is 0.7.0) and 3.6+. On Windows, only Python 3 is supported.
Additionally, it requires access to libnss3 which is part of Firefox and Thunderbird, although depending on system configuration, the script may fail to locate it there or load an incorrect/incompatible version.
Alternatively, you can install libnss3 (Debian/Ubuntu) or nss (Arch/Gentoo/...). libnss3 is part of https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS
Usage
Simply run:
python firefox_decrypt.py
and it will prompt for which profile to use and the master password of that profile.
If you don't keep your Firefox profiles on a standard folder you can call the script with:
python firefox_decrypt.py /folder/containing/profiles.ini/
If you don't want to display all passwords on the screen you can use:
python firefox_decrypt.py | grep -C2 keyword
where keyword is part of the expected output (URL, username, email, password ...)
Since version 0.7.0 passwords may be exported in CSV format using the --format flag.
python firefox_decrypt.py --format csv
Additionally, --delimiter and --quotechar flags can specify which characters to use as delimiters and quote characters in the CSV output.
Since version 0.4 it is now also possible to export stored passwords to pass from http://passwordstore.org . To do so use:
python firefox_decrypt.py --export-pass
and all existing passwords will be exported after the pattern
web/<address>[:<port>] unless multiple credentials exist for the same website
in which case /<login> is appended.
The username will be stored on a second line.
Alternatively you can use:
python firefox_decrypt.py --export-pass --pass-compat browserpass
to prefix the username with login: for compatibility with the browserpass extension.
There is currently no way of selectively exporting passwords.
Exporting overwrites existing passwords without warning. Make sure you have a
backup or are using the pass git functionality.
Starting with version 0.5.2 it is now possible to use a non-interactive mode which bypasses all prompts, including profile choice and master password.
Use it with -n/--no-interactive. Indicate your profile choice by passing -c/--choice N where N is the number of the profile you wish to decrypt (starting from 1).
You can list all available profiles with -l/--list (to stdout).
Your master password is read from stdin.
$ python firefox_decrypt.py --list
1 -> l1u1xh65.default
2 -> vuhdnx5b.YouTube
3 -> 1d8vcool.newdefault
4 -> ekof2ces.SEdu
5 -> 8a52xmtt.Fresh
$ read -sp "Master Password: " PASSWORD
Master Password:
$ echo $PASSWORD | python firefox_decrypt.py --no-interactive --choice 4
Website: https://login.example.com
Username: 'john.doe'
Password: '1n53cur3'
Website: https://example.org
Username: 'max.mustermann'
Password: 'Passwort1234'
Website: https://github.com
Username: 'octocat'
Password: 'qJZo6FduRcHw'
[...snip...]
$ echo $PASSWORD | python firefox_decrypt.py -nc 1
Website: https://git-scm.com
Username: 'foo'
Password: 'bar'
Website: https://gitlab.com
Username: 'whatdoesthefoxsay'
Password: 'w00fw00f'
[...snip...]
$ # Unset Password
$ PASSWORD=
Troubleshooting
If you run into problems please try running firefox_decrypt in high verbosity mode by calling it with:
python firefox_decrypt.py -vvv
If the output doesn't help you identify the cause and a solution to the problem please file a bug report including the verbose output.
NOTE: Be aware that your profile password, as well as other passwords, may be visible in the output so make sure you remove any sensitive data before including it in the bug report.
Windows
If you are on Windows, make sure your Python and Firefox are both 32 or 64 bits.
If you mix architectures the code will fail. More information on issue #8.
Darwin/MacOS
If you get the error described in #14 when loading libnss3 consider installing nss using brew or other package managers.
Testing
If you wish to run the test suite locally chdir into tests/ and run ./run_all
If any test fails on your system please ensure libnss is installed.
If afterwards tests still fail, re-run with ./run_all -v and file a bug
report including this output. Please include some information about your
system, including Linux distribution, and version of libnss/firefox.
It is much appreciated.
Spin-off, derived and related works
- firepwned - check if your passwords have been involved in a known data leak
- FF Password Exporter - Firefox AddOn for exporting passwords