readme.md

WhatsApp DB Decryptor

Requirements

• The computer should have access to the phone via adb.
• Note that root is required to fetch the key, which is needed for decryption.
• To install the requirements just run the following.

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Extraction of the database

extractor.py will get the files msgstore.db.crypt12 and key.

python3 extractor.py

Decryption of the database

decrypter.py assumes that the files msgstore.db.crypt12 and key are on the same directory as decrypter.py and will output msgstore.db.

python3 decrypter.py

To specify other paths pass them as parameters.

python3 decrypter.py --key my_key --input crypted_database.db.crypt12 --output decrypted_database.db