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Retrieve Windows Credential via Python
"""
Access windows credentials
Credentials must be stored in the Windows Credentials Manager in the Control
Panel. This helper will search for "generic credentials" under the section
"Windows Credentials"
Example usage::
result = get_generic_credential('foobar')
if result:
print("NAME:", result.username)
print("PASSWORD:", result.password)
else:
print('No matching credentials found')
Based on https://gist.github.com/mrh1997/717b14f5783b49ca14310419fa7f03f6
"""
from typing import NamedTuple, Optional
import ctypes as ct
import ctypes.wintypes as wt
from enum import Enum
LPBYTE = ct.POINTER(wt.BYTE)
Credential = NamedTuple('Credential', [
('username', str),
('password', str)
])
def as_pointer(cls):
"""
Class decorator which converts the class to ta ctypes pointer
:param cls: The class to decorate
:return: The class as pointer
"""
output = ct.POINTER(cls)
return output
class CredType(Enum):
"""
Enumeration for different credential types.
See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/wincred/ns-wincred-_credentiala
"""
GENERIC = 0x01
DOMAIN_PASSWORD = 0x02
DOMAIN_CERTIFICATE = 0x03
DOMAIN_VISIBLE_PASSWORD = 0x04
GENERIC_CERTIFICATE = 0x05
DOMAIN_EXTENDED = 0x06
MAXIMUM = 0x07
MAXIMUM_EX = MAXIMUM + 1000
@as_pointer
class CredentialAttribute(ct.Structure):
_fields_ = [
('Keyword', wt.LPWSTR),
('Flags', wt.DWORD),
('ValueSize', wt.DWORD),
('Value', LPBYTE)]
@as_pointer
class WinCredential(ct.Structure):
_fields_ = [
('Flags', wt.DWORD),
('Type', wt.DWORD),
('TargetName', wt.LPWSTR),
('Comment', wt.LPWSTR),
('LastWritten', wt.FILETIME),
('CredentialBlobSize', wt.DWORD),
('CredentialBlob', LPBYTE),
('Persist', wt.DWORD),
('AttributeCount', wt.DWORD),
('Attributes', CredentialAttribute),
('TargetAlias', wt.LPWSTR),
('UserName', wt.LPWSTR)]
def get_generic_credential(name: str) -> Optional[Credential]:
"""
Returns a tuple of name and password of a generic Windows credential.
If no matching credential is found, this will return ``None``
:param name: The lookup string for the credential.
"""
advapi32 = ct.WinDLL('Advapi32.dll')
advapi32.CredReadA.restype = wt.BOOL
advapi32.CredReadA.argtypes = [wt.LPCWSTR, wt.DWORD, wt.DWORD, WinCredential]
cred_ptr = WinCredential()
if advapi32.CredReadW(name, CredType.GENERIC.value, 0, ct.byref(cred_ptr)):
username = cred_ptr.contents.UserName
cred_blob = cred_ptr.contents.CredentialBlob
cred_blob_size = cred_ptr.contents.CredentialBlobSize
password_as_list = [int.from_bytes(cred_blob[pos:pos+2], 'little')
for pos in range(0, cred_blob_size, 2)]
password = ''.join(map(chr, password_as_list))
advapi32.CredFree(cred_ptr)
return Credential(username, password)
return None
def main():
result = get_generic_credential('foobar')
if result:
print("NAME:", result.username)
print("PASSWORD:", result.password)
else:
print('No matching credentials found')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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