Can you suggest an automated tool to scan a PDF file to determine whether it might contain malware or other "bad stuff"? Or, alternatively, assigns a risk level to the PDF? I would prefer a free tool. It must be suitable for programmatic use, e.g., from the Unix command line, so that it is possible to scan PDFs automatically and take action based upon that. A web-based solution might also be OK if it is scriptable.
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Answered on Mar 1, 2022
Just came by this very recent blog post by Lenny Zeltser which is pretty much right for you to scan PDF for virus 6 Free Tools for analysing Malicious PDF Files http://blog.zeltser.com/post/5360563894/tools-for-malicious-pdf-analysis
The tools he mentions are:
PDF Tools suite by Didier Stevens
PDF Stream Dumper
Jsunpack-n
Peepdf
Origami
MalObjClassThere are details about each one and links to other pdf analysis documents at the blog post.
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