Re: Security for uploaded PDF files

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On Mon, June 4, 2007 7:37 am, Al wrote:
> I have an application, with mild security, that approved users can
> upload pdf
> files.  Obviously, the security for executables with a simple pdf
> extension
> bothers me.
>
> I's like some suggestions on how I can protect against errant files
> with a pdf
> guise?

PDF files have to start with %PDF and the version number, for starters.

You could also try to run them through xpdf and see if it bitches or
not -- I think it even has a command line switch to do just that.

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