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Reveal password encrypted by SecureCRT

1. How does it work?

how does SecureCRT encrypt password

2. How to use?

Please make sure you have installed python3 and module pycryptodome.

You can install the module by

$ pip3 install pycryptodome

Usage:

$ ./SecureCRTCipher.py
Usage:
    SecureCRTCipher.py <enc|dec> [-v2] [-p ConfigPassphrase] <plaintext|ciphertext>

    <enc|dec>              "enc" for encryption, "dec" for decryption.
                           This parameter must be specified.

    [-v2]                  Encrypt/Decrypt with "Password V2" algorithm.
                           This parameter is optional.

    [-p ConfigPassphrase]  The config passphrase that SecureCRT uses.
                           This parameter is optional.

    <plaintext|ciphertext> Plaintext string or ciphertext string.
                           NOTICE: Ciphertext string must be a hex string.
                           This parameter must be specified.

3. Example

If you have SecureCRT session file example.com.ini looking like

S:"Username"=root
S:"Password"=
S:"Password V2"=02:7b9f594a1f39bb36bbaa0d9688ee38b3d233c67b338e20e2113f2ba4d328b6fc8c804e3c02324b1eaad57a5b96ac1fc5cc1ae0ee2930e6af2e5e644a28ebe3fc
S:"Login Script V2"=
...
...

You can reveal password by

$ ./SecureCRTCipher.py dec -v2 7b9f594a1f39bb36bbaa0d9688ee38b3d233c67b338e20e2113f2ba4d328b6fc8c804e3c02324b1eaad57a5b96ac1fc5cc1ae0ee2930e6af2e5e644a28ebe3fc
DoubleLabyrinth

If the session file is generated by SecureCRT whose version is prior to 7.3.3, the sensitive data should be

...
...
S:"Username"=root
D:"[SSH2] Port"=00000016
S:"Password"=uc71bd1c86f3b804e42432f53247c50d9287f410c7e59166969acab69daa6eaadbe15c0c54c0e076e945a6d82f9e13df2
D:"Session Password Saved"=00000001
...
...

You can reveal password by

$ ./SecureCRTCipher.py dec c71bd1c86f3b804e42432f53247c50d9287f410c7e59166969acab69daa6eaadbe15c0c54c0e076e945a6d82f9e13df2
DoubleLabyrinth