multidesk-decrypt 1.0.3

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MultiDesk Decryption Tool

Small tool to decrypt MultiDesk passwords. For more information, please refer to the blog post.

Installation

To install the tool, simply use pip on a system with Python 3.10+:

pip install multidesk-decrypt

Usage

The decryption tool offers the following options:

$ multidesk-decrypt -h
usage: multidesk [-h] -k KEY [-j] [-v] [-q] data

MultiDesk password decryption tool.

positional arguments:
  data
       Path to an XML file, or password ciphertext.

options:
  -h, --help
       Show this help message and exit

  -k, --key KEY
       Hex key obtained from `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MultiDesk\key`

  -j, --json
       Display output as JSON

  -v, --verbose
       Verbose logging

  -q, --quiet, --stfu
       Disable all logging (mutually exclusive with -v/--verbose)

To decrypt XML files or passwords, you'll need to obtain the decryption key from the registry:

reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MultiDesk /f key

// or

reg query HKEY_USERS\<sid>\Software\MultiDesk /f key

Once obtained, pass the XML file, or password you'd like to decrypt:

// decrypting files directly
multidesk-decrypt ./MultiDesk.xml --key 9180009A8E770A0BF0168785EF26812E

// decrypting modern (v5+) passwords
multidesk-decrypt '$1$e76ceda56552e9d401ab108c1c13784d$b0db49838212040fecc999ba445b08d1602c1c4e655c13f9b3f4160d0f3349c8' --key 9180009A8E770A0BF0168785EF26812E

// decrypting legacy (3.16) passwords
multidesk-decrypt 'hOwcVeWa/3A=' --key 08D771FBCCE52924A3A4444673F1425F