| Format | Encryption | KDF | Iterations (default) | Vulnerability | |--------|------------|-----|----------------------|----------------| | RAR3 (old) | AES-128 | PBKDF1-like | ~2048 | Some timing side-channels, but practically secure | | RAR5 | AES-256 | PBKDF2-HMAC-SHA256 | 262144 | No known break |
rar2john target.rar > hash.txt Step 2: Select attack mode in Hashcat RAR5 hash mode: 13000 RAR3 (non-AES): 12500 Example dictionary attack: rar files password cracker
Applies mutation rules (uppercasing, leetspeak, appending years) to a dictionary. | Format | Encryption | KDF | Iterations
Exhaustively tries all combinations of a given character set. Impractical for passwords >8 characters when combined with PBKDF2 iterations. rar files password cracker