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FireMaster : Free Tool to Recover Your Lost or Forgotten Master Password in Firefox
FireMaster- Firefox Master Password Recovery Tool

Version: 10.0

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About FireMaster

FireMaster is the first ever tool developed to recover your forgotten Master Password of Firefox (all versions) using simple to advanced password recovery techniques.

Now v10.0 supports master password recovery from latest key4.db file for all Mozilla based apps including Firefox, SeaMonkey, Comodo IceDragon, WaterFox, Zen, Thunderbird, Postbird etc

FireMaster supports following Master Password Recovery methods,

  • Dictionary Method
  • Hybrid-Dictionary Method
  • Brute-force Method
  • Pattern based Brute-force Method
For GUI version check out our new tool - FireMasterCracker

FireMaster is successfully tested with all versions of Firefox starting from v58 to latest version. It works on wide range of platforms starting from Windows Vista to Windows 11

 
Firefox Password Manager and Master Password

Firefox comes with built-in password manager tool which remembers username and passwords for all the websites you visit. This login/password information is stored in the encrypted form in Firefox database files residing in user's profile directory.

For latest info on Firefox master password location, decryption & recovery methods, please visit
How to Recover Saved Passwords in Mozilla Firefox?
 
 
How FireMaster Works?
FireMaster supports following password recovery methods
1) Dictionary Cracking Method
In this mode, FireMaster uses dictionary file having each word on separate line to perform the operation. You can find lot of online dictionary with different sizes and pass it on to Firemaster. This method is more quicker and can find out common passwords.
2) Hybrid Cracking Method
This is advanced dictionary method, in which each word in the dictionary file is prefixed or suffixed with generated word from known character list. This can find out password like pass123, 12test, test34 etc. From the specified character list (such as 123), all combinations of strings are generated and appended or prefixed to the dictionary word based on user settings.
3) Brute-force Cracking Method
In this method, all possible combinations of words from given character list is generated and then subjected to cracking process. This may take long time depending upon the number of characters and position count specified. 
4) Pattern based Brute-force Cracking Method
Pattern based cracking method significantly reduces the password recovery time especially when password is complex. This method can be used when you know the exact password length and remember few characters.
 
 
How to use FireMaster?
Firemaster [-q]
            [-d -f ]
            [-h -l  -c "charlist" [ -s | -p ] -f ]
            [-b -m  -l  -c "charlist"]
            [-p "pattern" -c "charlist" ]
            [""

 -q        Quiet & Fast mode. Don't print verbose messages & statistics.

 Dictionary Crack Options:
 -d        Dictionary crack operation
 -f        Wordlist file with one password on each line

 Hybrid Dictionary Crack Options:
 -h        Hybrid crack operation using passwords from wordlist file
 -c        List of characters
 -l        Maximum length of word generated from charlist
 -s        Suffix the generated word (123) to password from file (e.g pass123)
 -p        Prefix the generated word (123) to password from file (e.g 123pass)
 -f        Wordlist file with one password on each line

 Bruteforce Crack Options:
 -b        Bruteforce crack operation
 -c        List of characters
 -m        Minimum length of password
 -l        Maximum length of password

 Bruteforce-Pattern Crack Options:
 -p        Pattern-bruteforce crack operation
 -c        List of characters


Examples:
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 // Dictionary Crack
 FireMaster.exe -q -d -f c:\passfile.txt "c:\my files\firefox"

 // Hybrid Dictionary Crack
 FireMaster.exe -q -h -l 3 -c "123" -s -f "c:\passfile.txt" "c:\my files\firefox"

 // Bruteforce Crack of default Firefox profile
 FireMaster.exe -q -b -m 3 -l 8 -c "abcdefghpsxyz12345"

 // Bruteforce-Pattern Crack [recommended]
 FireMaster.exe -q -p "pa??f??123" -c "abcpsx123" "c:\my files\firefox"   
Important Information:
  • "Firefox_Profile_Path" is the last parameter which is optional. If not specified it will use current Firefox profile path.
  • You can specify any profile path containing key4.db file from any Mozilla based apps like Firefox, WaterFox, Zen, Thunderbird etc from Windows, Linux operation system.
  • Quiet mode (-q option) if omitted it prints stats for each password.
  • Quiet mode (-q option) make it faster by disabling verbose printing & statistics display for each password.
  • Hybrid method is useful for trying passwords like pass123, 123pass etc. It generates all possible words from given charlist (e.g "12345) and attaches (prefix/suffix) it to each password from dictionary file.
  • Brure-force Pattern mehod is very useful when you know exact length of password & partially know part of the password ( read more here)
  • By default it includes small dictionary file (passlist.txt). AI can help you find large wordlist file as per your requirements.
 
Screenshots
Firemaster in Action
 
 
Disclaimer
FireMaster is designed with good intention to recover your lost Master Password so that every one keep enjoying their experience with Firefox. Like any other tool its use either good or bad, depends upon the user who uses it. However neither author nor SecurityXploded is in anyway responsible for damages or impact caused due to misuse of FireMaster.

Read our complete 'License & Disclaimer' policy here.

 
Release History
Version 10.0: 11th Jul 2026
Major release with fastest master password recovery operation using raw password decryption without using NSS library DLLs. Fully multi-threaded dictionary, hybrid & brute-force recovery. Support all modern Mozilla apps using key4.db from v58 onwards (Jan 2018). Also removed support for old key3.db profiles.
 
Version 9.0: 9th Jan 2026
Mega 2026 release supporting master password recovery from Firefox v140+ with new NSS crypto library.
 
Version 8.0: 3rd Jan 2024
New 2024 version supporting master password recovery from new key4.db file of all Mozilla apps including Firefox, Thunderbird, Postbox, FossaMail, WaterFox, Seamonkey etc
 
Version 7.0: 10th Jan 2017
Important release with the major fix to brute force password recovery operation.
 
Version 6.5: 19th Aug 2016
Major 2016 edition with support for latest Firefox version on Windows 10.
 
Version 6.0: 1st Aug 2015
Integrated Uninstaller into Windows Add/Remove Programs, now you can uninstall it in a standard way. Also added feature for dynamically downloading latest version
 
Version 5.6: 26th July 2012
Fixed the problem with checking for empty Master Password during initialization.
 
Version 5.5: 22nd May 2012
Fixed critical bug in Dictionary & Hybrid Crack with first character missing. Thanks to josebautista for reporting the error.
 
Version 5.2: 27th Apr 2012
Fixed minor bugs in UI and messages, Works well with latest version of Firefox v11.
 
Version 5.1: 11th Sep 2011
Tested successfully with latest version of Firefox v6.0.2. Fixed the issue with silent mode operation.
 
Version 5.0: 20th July 2011
Automatically discover default Firefox profile path, Support for showing up larger numbers & total time, Silent mode with no verbose messages and prompts - good for scripting & few bug fixes and better of display of intermediate results.
 
Version 4.5: 15th Nov 2010
Installer for local Installation & Uninstallation of the software. Few usability interface related changes.
 
Version 4.0: 8th Jan 2010
Support for Windows 7. Error messages are now shown clearly in RED. Few bug fixes and security changes.
 
Version 3.5: 22nd Aug 2009
Resolved the compatibility problem with latest Firefox version 3.5. Now FireMaster dynamically detects the Firefox version and recovers the master password accordingly.
 
Version 3.1: 28th Sep 2008
Fixed the bug in recovering the master password for Iceweasel which is browser derived from Firefox.
 
Version 3.0: 29th July 2008
Support for Firefox version 3.0, now you can recover the master password of latest version of Firefox. The differences in reading the Firefox key database file is resolved.
 
Kudos to the Firefox crew for yet another beautiful version of Firefox...!
 
Version 2.5:  22nd March 2008
Pattern based brute force password recovery method is implemented which reduces the time considerably when certain part of the password is already known. Also minimum length of password can be specified which improves the recovery time greatly.  
Usage is simplified by forcing one crack method at a time and providing better meaningful options. Fixed the bug in displaying statistics and now it displays the remaining time accurately based on the current speed which is computed dynamically.
 
Thanks for your suggestions and feedbacks...
 
Version 2.2:  8th July 2006
FireMaster source code is released under GPL v2.
 
Version 2.1:  18th June 2006
Tested successfully with latest version 1.5.0.4 of Firefox.
Statistics display during the operation is improved.
 
Version 2.0:  25th Feb 2006
First public release of FireMaster SOURCE code.
Now it works at amazing speed of 50k passwords per second on normal m/c.
Firefox library dependency is removed completely.
For brute force, speed and time is displayed during operation.
Lots of optimizations and few bug fixes.
Thanks to 'T Barton' for reporting the bug with 1.5 version.
 
Version 1.5:  14th Jan 2006
Bug in parsing key3.db fixed.
Displaying results during recovery operation.
Speed is doubled compared to the original version.
 
Version 1.0:  1st Jan 2006
First public release of FireMaster.
 
 
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License  : Freeware
Platform : Windows 11,10,8,7,Vista (32-bit/64-bit)

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For recovery of older versions (key3.db) download FireMaster v9.0

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