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Windows Gather Microsoft Outlook Saved Password Extraction

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 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

Justin Cacak

Platform

Windows

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use post/windows/gather/credentials/outlook
    msf post(outlook) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(outlook) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(outlook) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(outlook) > run
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