See if you can crack this

[burrina]

Here is a sample db. See if you can crack it! In Access 2010 accdb format.

[June7]

You disabled the shift key bypass. Better not forget that password!

[burrina]

You can quite easily get back into the db if you need to re-enable the bypass key. The password can be broken as well. It only gets difficult when someone has locked down a form for example with vba.

[hapm]

So you ask us to break an AES256 encryption? Or is this a challenge of social engineering?

[burrina]

It is merely a vba password protected db is all. If you accept it is up to you!

[hapm]

IMHO The databse is encrypted using the access encryption function, correct me if I'm wrong on this. If so the password form is not generated with vba and the file contents is fully encrypted. There is no vba running, that you could bypass with the bypass key.

[burrina]

NO. Not a Bypass issue at all. Maybe a misunderstanding. Pure vba code is all. Sorry if I did not explain clearly enough.

[hapm]

I don't get it. When opening the database, the default access dialog for providing the database decryption password appears. Do you ask us to crack that?

[burrina]

That's the idea. But the forms themselves are also vba password protected. It is NOT a normal encryption/decryption password. If so, it could easily be broken. It is vba protected, that is different. You can't go to Tools/Properties and undo it.

[June7]

If you want this offering to be useful for anyone else, better provide the password.

[hapm]

Never saw another method than brute force to crack an access 2010 encryption password. Perhaps my knowledge isn't high enough to get around this, as I don't even get to the VBA secured parts.

[burrina]

That's okay. It's a tuff nut to crack.