pdf-parser Package Description

This tool will parse a PDF document to identify the fundamental elements used in the analyzed file. It will not render a PDF document.

Source: http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/pdf-tools/
pdf-parser Homepage | Kali pdf-parser Repo

Author: Didier Stevens

License: None

Tools included in the pdf-parser package

pdf-parser – Parses PDF files to identify fundamental elements

root@kali:~# pdf-parser -h
Usage: pdf-parser [options] pdf-file|zip-file|url
pdf-parser, use it to parse a PDF document

Options:
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s SEARCH, --search=SEARCH
                        string to search in indirect objects (except streams)
  -f, --filter          pass stream object through filters (FlateDecode,
                        ASCIIHexDecode, ASCII85Decode, LZWDecode and
                        RunLengthDecode only)
  -o OBJECT, --object=OBJECT
                        id of indirect object to select (version independent)
  -r REFERENCE, --reference=REFERENCE
                        id of indirect object being referenced (version
                        independent)
  -e ELEMENTS, --elements=ELEMENTS
                        type of elements to select (cxtsi)
  -w, --raw             raw output for data and filters
  -a, --stats           display stats for pdf document
  -t TYPE, --type=TYPE  type of indirect object to select
  -v, --verbose         display malformed PDF elements
  -x EXTRACT, --extract=EXTRACT
                        filename to extract malformed content to
  -H, --hash            display hash of objects
  -n, --nocanonicalizedoutput
                        do not canonicalize the output
  -d DUMP, --dump=DUMP  filename to dump stream content to
  -D, --debug           display debug info
  -c, --content         display the content for objects without streams or
                        with streams without filters
  --searchstream=SEARCHSTREAM
                        string to search in streams
  --unfiltered          search in unfiltered streams
  --casesensitive       case sensitive search in streams
  --regex               use regex to search in streams

pdf-parser Usage Example

Display statistics (-a) for the given PDF file (/usr/share/doc/texmf/fonts/lm/lm-info.pdf):

root@kali:~# pdf-parser -a /usr/share/doc/texmf/fonts/lm/lm-info.pdf

Comment: 3
XREF: 1
Trailer: 1
StartXref: 1
Indirect object: 526
  282: 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 27, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 43, 44, 78, 79, 111, 112, 120, 121, 123, 124, 126, 127, 1
 /Catalog 1: 1
 /Encoding 1: 10
 /ExtGState 1: 6
 /Font 105: 11, 4, 5, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 33, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57,
 /FontDescriptor 94: 9, 373, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 39
 /Page 26: 3, 19, 29, 32, 36, 45, 80, 113, 122, 125, 128, 131, 134, 137, 140, 143, 146, 157, 160, 166, 170
 /Pages 15: 195, 196, 194, 198, 199, 200, 197, 202, 203, 201, 205, 206, 207, 204, 193
 /XObject 1: 13