Timeline for Using John in kali linux to crack a pdf file that is edit restricted with password
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| Mar 31, 2023 at 9:41 | audit | Suggested edits | |||
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| Mar 26, 2023 at 21:45 | comment | added | johnwhitington |
If the "user" password is blank, and the "owner" password isn't, which is the situation you seem to describe, you can remove the protection using many tools. e.g qpdf --decrypt --password=xxxxx encrypted-filename.pdf decrypted-filename.pdf
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| Mar 26, 2023 at 15:27 | comment | added | Inverse | @Tetsujin I just tried...the protection stays on. It still demands a password | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 15:03 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Just re-save it, unprotected. Adobe's protection is actually optional & trivial to bypass. It's only truly enforced by Adobe themselves. | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 14:52 | comment | added | Inverse | @Tetsujin I need adobe for editing the pdf, for the text, using the same fonts etc. I haven't found an app capable of that | |
| Mar 26, 2023 at 13:59 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Why not just use an app that ignores the restriction? There are many. | |
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| S Mar 26, 2023 at 13:35 | history | asked | Inverse | CC BY-SA 4.0 |