Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Is there a way to crack the password on an Excel VBA Project?




I've been asked to update some Excel 2003 macros, but the VBA projects are password protected, and it seems there's a lack of documentation... no-one knows the passwords.



Is there a way of removing or cracking the password on a VBA project?


Answer



You can try this direct VBA approach which doesn't require HEX editing. It will work for any files (*.xls, *.xlsm, *.xlam ...).



Tested and works on:




Excel 2007
Excel 2010
Excel 2013 - 32 bit version
Excel 2016 - 32 bit version





Looking for 64 bit version? See this answer



How it works



I will try my best to explain how it works - please excuse my English.




  1. The VBE will call a system function to create the password dialog box.


  2. If user enters the right password and click OK, this function returns 1. If user enters the wrong password or click Cancel, this function returns 0.

  3. After the dialog box is closed, the VBE checks the returned value of the system function

  4. if this value is 1, the VBE will "think" that the password is right, hence the locked VBA project will be opened.

  5. The code below swaps the memory of the original function used to display the password dialog with a user defined function that will always return 1 when being called.



Using the code



Please backup your files first!





  1. Open the file(s) that contain your locked VBA Projects

  2. Create a new xlsm file and store this code in Module1



    code credited to Siwtom (nick name), a Vietnamese developer



    Option Explicit

    Private Const PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE = &H40


    Private Declare Sub MoveMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
    (Destination As Long, Source As Long, ByVal Length As Long)

    Private Declare Function VirtualProtect Lib "kernel32" (lpAddress As Long, _
    ByVal dwSize As Long, ByVal flNewProtect As Long, lpflOldProtect As Long) As Long

    Private Declare Function GetModuleHandleA Lib "kernel32" (ByVal lpModuleName As String) As Long

    Private Declare Function GetProcAddress Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hModule As Long, _
    ByVal lpProcName As String) As Long


    Private Declare Function DialogBoxParam Lib "user32" Alias "DialogBoxParamA" (ByVal hInstance As Long, _
    ByVal pTemplateName As Long, ByVal hWndParent As Long, _
    ByVal lpDialogFunc As Long, ByVal dwInitParam As Long) As Integer

    Dim HookBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
    Dim OriginBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
    Dim pFunc As Long
    Dim Flag As Boolean


    Private Function GetPtr(ByVal Value As Long) As Long
    GetPtr = Value
    End Function

    Public Sub RecoverBytes()
    If Flag Then MoveMemory ByVal pFunc, ByVal VarPtr(OriginBytes(0)), 6
    End Sub

    Public Function Hook() As Boolean
    Dim TmpBytes(0 To 5) As Byte

    Dim p As Long
    Dim OriginProtect As Long

    Hook = False

    pFunc = GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("user32.dll"), "DialogBoxParamA")


    If VirtualProtect(ByVal pFunc, 6, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, OriginProtect) <> 0 Then


    MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(TmpBytes(0)), ByVal pFunc, 6
    If TmpBytes(0) <> &H68 Then

    MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(OriginBytes(0)), ByVal pFunc, 6

    p = GetPtr(AddressOf MyDialogBoxParam)

    HookBytes(0) = &H68
    MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(HookBytes(1)), ByVal VarPtr(p), 4
    HookBytes(5) = &HC3


    MoveMemory ByVal pFunc, ByVal VarPtr(HookBytes(0)), 6
    Flag = True
    Hook = True
    End If
    End If
    End Function

    Private Function MyDialogBoxParam(ByVal hInstance As Long, _
    ByVal pTemplateName As Long, ByVal hWndParent As Long, _

    ByVal lpDialogFunc As Long, ByVal dwInitParam As Long) As Integer
    If pTemplateName = 4070 Then
    MyDialogBoxParam = 1
    Else
    RecoverBytes
    MyDialogBoxParam = DialogBoxParam(hInstance, pTemplateName, _
    hWndParent, lpDialogFunc, dwInitParam)
    Hook
    End If
    End Function


  3. Paste this code under the above code in Module1 and run it



    Sub unprotected()
    If Hook Then
    MsgBox "VBA Project is unprotected!", vbInformation, "*****"
    End If
    End Sub

  4. Come back to your VBA Projects and enjoy.




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