Interactive PDF Analysis: GUI analyzer for deep-diving into PDF files
Interactive PDF Analysis
Interactive PDF Analysis (also called IPA) allows any researcher to explore the inner details of any PDF file. PDF files may be used to carry malicious payloads that exploit vulnerabilities and issues of PDF viewers or may be used in phishing campaigns as social engineering artifacts. The goal of this software is to let any analyst go deep on its own the PDF file. Via IPA, you may extract important payloads from PDF files, understand the relationship across objects, and infer elements that may be helpful for the triage of malicious or untrusted payloads.
The main inspiration goes to the fantastic people behind Zynamics, and their excellent product, called PDF dissector.
Feature
- Extract and analyze metadata to identify the creator, creation date, modification history, and other essential details about the PDF file.
- Examine the structure of the PDF document by analyzing its objects (such as text, images, and fonts) and pages to understand their relationships, content, and layout.
- Visualize References that point to other objects or locations within the file, such as images, fonts, or specific sections.
- Extract and save raw data streams from the PDF file to a specified location, allowing for detailed examination and analysis of the underlying binary content.
- Implement a lighter analysis that attempts to salvage usable information from a corrupted or partially damaged PDF file, even when traditional parsing methods fail.
- Does not require any additional software, libraries, or external services to function thanks to pdf-rs and Rust compatibility.
