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Windows Gather Microsoft Outlook Saved Password Extraction

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Windows Gather Microsoft Outlook Saved Password Extraction

Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module extracts and decrypts saved Microsoft Outlook (versions 2002-2010) passwords from the Windows Registry for POP3/IMAP/SMTP/HTTP accounts. In order for decryption to be successful, this module must be executed under the same privileges as the user which originally encrypted the password.

Author(s)

  • Justin Cacak

Platform

Windows

Development

Module Options

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