OneNote Extractor

This is a quick Python script for extracting files and metadata from .one files. At the time of the creation (2023-01-20) of this script there appear to be no Python scripts that can extract files or metadata from objects

Installation

To install OneNote Extractor, we recommend using something like this:

python -m pip install one-extract

Usage as a library

For examples of how to use OneNoteExtractor as a library, review the code in cli.py

CLI usage

Following successful installation of OneNoteExtractor a new CLI utility will be available, for usage see:

one-extract --help

Extract embedded files

one-extract /path/to/file.one --extract-files

Display metadata

one-extract /path/to/file.one --extract-meta

Extract embedded files from a password protected notebook with password 1234

one-extract /path/to/file.one --extract-files --password 1234

Disclaimer

This is only intended as an interim solution, until someone with a greater understanding of the .one file format comes up with something more robust.

It was created in response to an uptick in malicious .one file extensions being delivered by various malspam actors.