How to identify and crack a Domain Cached Credentials 2 (DCC2/MS-Cache v2) hash

Domain Cached Credentials 2 (DCC2/MS-Cache v2) is a windows credential hash type. It is fast and typically unsalted, which makes weak passwords recoverable quickly on consumer GPU hardware. This page shows how to recognise it and the exact commands to attack it.

All identification runs locally in WebAssembly. The commands below write the hash to a local file on your machine — nothing is sent to this site.

Identifying the hash

The hash identifier on the home page detects Domain Cached Credentials 2 (DCC2/MS-Cache v2) entirely in your browser — your hash is never uploaded. A typical example looks like this:

$DCC2$10240#tom#e4e938d12fe5974dc42a90120bd9c90f

Cracking Domain Cached Credentials 2 (DCC2/MS-Cache v2) with hashcat

Save the hash to a file and run hashcat in mode -m 2100. Start with a wordlist such as rockyou.txt:

echo '$DCC2$10240#tom#e4e938d12fe5974dc42a90120bd9c90f' > hash.txt && hashcat -m 2100 hash.txt /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt

Add a rule set to mutate dictionary words (capitalisation, leetspeak, appended digits) and dramatically widen coverage:

echo '$DCC2$10240#tom#e4e938d12fe5974dc42a90120bd9c90f' > hash.txt && hashcat -m 2100 hash.txt /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt -r /usr/share/hashcat/rules/best64.rule

Cracking Domain Cached Credentials 2 (DCC2/MS-Cache v2) with John the Ripper

John the Ripper can attack the same hash with the mscash2 format:

echo '$DCC2$10240#tom#e4e938d12fe5974dc42a90120bd9c90f' > hash.txt && john --format=mscash2 --wordlist=/usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt hash.txt