If you have multiple Mozilla profiles, make sure to also indicate your profile choice by passing -c/-choice N where N is the number of the profile you wish to decrypt (starting from 1). Non-interactive modeĪ non-interactive mode which bypasses all prompts, including profile choice and master password, can be enabled with -n/-no-interactive. Make sure to backup your password store before using this. (*) pass can produce unintended consequences. pass - a special output format that directly calls to the command to export passwords (*).json - a machine compatible format - see JSON.tabular - similar to csv but producing a tab-delimited ( tsv) file instead.

See also -csv-* options for additional control. human - a format displaying one record for every 3 lines.You can also choose from one of the supported formats with -format: Where keyword is part of the expected output (URL, username, email, password …) Python firefox_decrypt.py | grep -C2 keyword If you need to decode passwords from Firefox 3 or older, although not officially supported, If you encounter this situation please file a bug report.Īlternatively, you can install libnss3 (Debian/Ubuntu) or nss (Arch/Gentoo/…). The script is usually able to find a compatible library but may in some cases It requires access to libnss3, included with most Mozilla products. If the Master Password is not known it will simply fail to recover any data. This tool does not try to crack or brute-force the Master Password in any way.

If a profile is not protected by a Master Password, passwords are displayed without prompt.

It can be used to recover passwords from a profile protected by a Master Password as long as the latter is known. Table of contentsįirefox Decrypt is a tool to extract passwords from profiles of Mozilla (Fire/Water)fox™, Thunderbird®, SeaMonkey® and derivates. If you definitely need to use Python 2, Firefox Decrypt 0.7.0 is your best bet, although no longer supported. If you encounter a problem, try the latest release or check open issues for ongoing work.

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