# mmozeiko/aes-finder

Utility to find AES keys in running processes

Repository: https://github.com/mmozeiko/aes-finder
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/aes-finder
Language: C++
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-08-10T13:43:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4597, "days_push": 1849, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1083, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:31.129993+00:00)

## What it is
A small C++ command-line utility that scans the memory of running processes to locate AES encryption and decryption keys (128, 192, and 256-bit). It works by detecting AES key schedules in process memory and supports searching by PID or process name.

## Use cases
- find AES keys in a running process memory
- extract encryption keys from an application for analysis
- recover AES keys used by putty or dropbox
- scan process memory for key schedules
- reverse engineer what crypto keys an app uses

## When to choose
- you need to inspect which AES keys a live process holds
- you are doing security research or forensic analysis on local applications
- you want a lightweight single-file tool with no dependencies

## When to avoid
- you need to extract keys from disk or encrypted files rather than live memory
- you need a cross-platform GUI or automated production tooling
- you require a maintained project with a license and active support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, cryptography, reverse-engineering, cli
- domain: security, reverse-engineering, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cpp
- tags: aes, key-recovery, memory-scanning, forensics, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mmozeiko/aes-finder (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:31.129993+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:51:11.640299+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mmozeiko/aes-finder (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:31.129993+00:00, sha 6b0075a79e3d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.