PDF object search output

In the upcoming 0.8.0 version of the Profiler it will be possible to print out the matches of PDF object searches. This comes very handy during analysis if we want to know, for instance, all values for a given key. The option can be activated in the initial configuration dialog.

PDF object search output option

In this case we’re going to search for URI keys (which specify links).

URI results

URI search has also been added as a predefined search.

PDF object search

The soon to be released version 0.7.4 of the Profiler features a useful PDF object search functionality. The introduction of this feature was possible thanks to the newly introduced parameters API and format specific actions.

PDF search action

Through this action it’s possible to perform predefined searches as for object with streams, JavaScript or embedded files.

PDF JavaScript search

But it’s also possible to perform custom dictionary searches.

PDF dictionary search

Matches can be tagged and highlighted. Also new searches can be performed without resetting previous matches. In fact, in the screenshot below we can observe two different type of matches.

PDF search matches

This was a requested feature and it certainly is very useful when analyzing PDFs. Stay tuned as more important news will be soon announced. 🙂