Unable to extract ANY messages.

[infosecconsultant]

• Operating system:
  Linux ssh 5.10.0-kali9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.46-1kali1 (2021-06-25) x86_64 GNU/Linux

• Build version (signal-back --version):

└─$ ./signal-back_linux_amd64 --version
signal-back v0.1.6-dirty
proto commit: d6610f0

Detailed description

I am unable to extract ANY messages when using signal-back. I am however able to run:

└─$ ./signal-back_linux_amd64 extract -o output signal-2021-08-18-16-03-23.backup

And the signal-back successfully extracts all attachments from the backup.

I have tried using the same build on Windows 10 and have got the same results.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Full relevant output

Getting the following error when running analyse:

└─$ ./signal-back_linux_amd64 analyse signal-2021-08-18-16-03-23.backup
Password: <REDACTED>
This is still largely in flux and reflects whatever task I was having issues with at the time.

map[insert_into_part:1123 insert_into_drafts:2 attachment:517 insert_into_identities:13 insert_into_groups:25 insert_into_group_receipts:80 versio                               n:1 create_table:28 create_index:42 other_stmt:12 insert_into_sticker:1]
part: 42 statement:"INSERT INTO part VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)" parameters:<int                               egerParameter:2 > parameters:<integerParameter:2 > parameters:<integerParameter:0 > parameters:<stringParamter:"image/jpeg" > parameters:<nullpara                               meter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > p                               arameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<int                               egerParameter:0 > parameters:<stringParamter:"/data/data/org.thoughtcrime.securesms/app_parts/part-1577011632.mms" > parameters:<integerParameter:                               160682 > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<stringParamter:"/data/data/org.thoughtcrime.securesms/app_parts/part946133067.mms" > paramet                               ers:<doubleParameter:0.7920634746551514 > parameters:<integerParameter:1475912214356 > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:                               true > parameters:<integerParameter:0 > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<integerParameter:0 > paramet                               ers:<integerParameter:0 > parameters:<integerParameter:0 > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparam                               eter:true > parameters:<integerParameter:18446744073709551615 > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<null                               parameter:true > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<integerParameter:0 > parameters:<integerParameter:0 > parameters:<integerParameter:0                                > parameters:<integerParameter:0 > parameters:<nullparameter:true > parameters:<integerParameter:0 >

Running:

└─$ ./signal-back_linux_amd64 format -f CSV -o backup.csv signal-2021-08-18-16-03-23.backup -v                                                                             
Password: <REDACTED>

Results in no console output, but cat backup.csv returns the following output:

ID,THREAD_ID,ADDRESS,ADDRESS_DEVICE_ID,PERSON,DATE_RECEIVED,DATE_SENT,PROTOCOL,READ,STATUS,TYPE,REPLY_PATH_PRESENT,DELIVERY_RECEIPT_COUNT,SUBJECT,BODY,MISMATCHED_IDENTITIES,SERVICE_CENTER,SUBSCRIPTION_ID,EXPIRES_IN,EXPIRE_STARTED,NOTIFIED,READ_RECEIPT_COUNT

Running:

└─$ ./signal-back_linux_amd64 format -f XML -o backup.xml signal-2021-08-18-16-03-23.backup -v                                                                             130 ⨯
Password: <REDACTED>

Results in no console output, but cat backup.xml returns the following output:

└─$ cat backup.xml                                                                                                                                                         
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="sms.xsl" ?>
<smses count="0"></smses>                                                                                                                                                        

[Fmstrat]

Seeing this as well.

[alexbfree]

I am experiencing same on darwin_amd64. Both in XML and CSV format. No data, only headers/surrounding tags.

[LichLord91]

Same sad noises I was able to get the RAW to work from this project https://github.com/pajowu/signal-backup-decode