NAME

       pdfcrack - PDF files password cracker

SYNOPSIS

            pdfcrack -f filename [options]

DESCRIPTION

       pdfcrack  is  a simple tool for recovering passwords from pdf-documents. It should be able
       to handle all pdfs that uses the standard security handler but  the  pdf-parsing  routines
       are  a bit of a quick hack so you might stumble across some pdfs where the parser needs to
       be fixed to handle.

OPTIONS

       -b, --bench
              Perform benchmark and exit.

       -c, --charset=STRING
              Use the characters in STRING as charset.

       -m, --maxpw=INTEGER
              Stop when reaching INTEGER as password length.

       -n, --minpw=INTEGER
              Skip trying passwords shorter than INTEGER.

       -l, --loadState=FILE
              Continue from the state saved in FILENAME.

       -o, --owner
              Work with the ownerpassword.

       -p, --password=STRING
              Uses STRING as userpassword to speed up breaking ownerpassword (implies -o).

       -q, --quiet
              Run quietly.

       -s, --permutate
              Try permutating the passwords (currently only supports switching first character to
              uppercase).

       -u, --user
              Work with the userpassword (default).

       -v, --version
              Print version and exit.

       -w, --wordlist=FILE
              Use FILE as source of passwords to try.

WARNING

       Don't  use  pdfcrack  to illegal actions, as crack personal passwords from another people.
       The local laws must be observed when installing and using this program.

AUTHOR

       pdfcrack was written by Henning Noren <confusion42@users.sf.net>.  This  manual  page  was
       written  by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@eriberto.pro.br> and Nacho Barrientos Arias
       <nacho@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).