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+import sys
+import itertools
+import struct
+import string
+import olefile
+
+def excel_hash(password):
+    result = 0
+    MAX_UINT16 = 0xFFFF
+
+    if len(password) <= MAX_UINT16:
+        for c in password[::-1]:
+            result = ((result >> 14) & 0x01) | ((result << 1) & 0x7FFF)
+            result ^= ord(c)
+        
+        result = ((result >> 14) & 0x01) | ((result << 1) & 0x7FFF)
+        result ^= (0x8000 | (ord('N') << 8) | ord('K'))
+        result ^= len(password)
+
+    return result
+
+def crack_password(targetHash):
+    for combLen in range(0, 6):
+      for combination in itertools.product(string.printable, repeat=combLen):
+        attempt = ''.join(combination)
+        gotHash = excel_hash(attempt)
+        if gotHash == targetHash:
+            return attempt
+
+def extract_sheet_hashes(stream):
+    hashes = []
+    while True:
+        pos = stream.tell()
+        if pos >= stream.size:
+            break  # eof            
+        try:
+            type = struct.unpack("<H", stream.read(2))[0]
+            length = struct.unpack("<H", stream.read(2))[0]
+            data = stream.read(length)
+            
+            if type == 0x13:
+                hashes.append(struct.unpack("H", data)[0])
+        except:
+            break
+    return hashes
+
+def read_xls(filename):
+    ole = olefile.OleFileIO(filename)
+    for streamname in ole.listdir():
+        stream = ole.openstream(streamname)
+        hashes = extract_sheet_hashes(stream)
+        if len(hashes) >= 1:
+            for hash in hashes:
+                if hash == 0:
+                    continue
+                print("FOUND PASSWORD: "+crack_password(hash))
+ 
+        stream.close()
+    ole.close()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    if len(sys.argv) <= 1:
+        print("Usage: crackSheetProt.py <XLS-FILE>")
+        sys.exit()
+    read_xls(sys.argv[1])
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