Zip-Bomb

What is a Zip bomb?

In computing, a zip bomb, also known as a decompression bomb or zip of death, is a malicious archive file designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it.

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Script Usage

python pythonfile.py flat/nested size zipname.zip

Flat Example

python ZipBomb.py flat 1024 out.zip

Nested Example

python ZipBomb.py nested 1024 out.zip

Preview

Zip size before extraction (flat)

Zip size after extraction (flat)

This is a nested type of zip (the zip will split into 3 parts)