RAR5 hash cracking is not supported by John. Hashcat is preferred in its place
John utilities location : /usr/share/john & /usr/sbin
List all utilities : locate *2john*
List Supported Formats
john --list=formatsCracking ZIP/ RAR Files
# Extract password hash
zip2john <filename> > output-file
# Uses John's default wordlist
john <hash-file> --format=zipCracking using Custom Wordlist
john <hash-file> --format=Raw-MD5 --wordlist <wordlist>IMPORTANT
- The hashes should be stored in a file for them to work with John
- The results of cracking are saved in
~/.john/in a file with.potextension