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quick and dirty python script to check how much of the original data is left if a partition or a image is formatted using ext4. Hint: it's none ;)
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#!/usr/bin/python | |
""" | |
quick test to check how much of the original data is left if a partition or a | |
image is formatted using ext4. | |
""" | |
from __future__ import print_function | |
import os | |
import sys | |
import subprocess | |
magic = "\xF5\xF6\xF7\xF8" | |
magicstr = magic * (512/4) | |
size = 512 * 1024 * 1024 | |
imgfile = "./test.img" | |
print("[+] creating test image at {}".format(imgfile)) | |
with open(imgfile, "wb") as f: | |
print("[+] writing pattern \"{}\" to image".format(repr(magic))) | |
written = 0 | |
while written < size: | |
f.write(magicstr) | |
written += len(magicstr) | |
print("[+] calling mkfs.ext4") | |
print(subprocess.check_output(["mkfs.ext4", "-F", imgfile], | |
stderr=sys.stderr)) | |
print("[+] reading data an searching for pattern") | |
fsize = os.stat(imgfile).st_size | |
bs = len(magicstr) * 100 | |
blocks = fsize / bs | |
curblock = 0 | |
count = 0 | |
with open(imgfile, "rb") as f: | |
while f.tell() < fsize: | |
s = f.read(bs) | |
count += s.count(magic) | |
if curblock % 17 == 0: # this is pretty random, just for less output | |
print(("[+] block {} of {}, byte {} of {} \n" + | |
"currently magic was found {} times") | |
.format(curblock, blocks, f.tell(), fsize, count)) | |
curblock += 1 | |
print("[+] found magic pattern {} times".format(count)) |
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