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Tilman Hausherr edited comment on PDFBOX-5096 at 2/5/21, 7:31 AM:
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I need the password.
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org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.encryption.InvalidPasswordException: Cannot decrypt 
PDF, the password is incorrect
    
org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.encryption.StandardSecurityHandler.prepareForDecryption(StandardSecurityHandler.java:240)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.COSParser.prepareDecryption(COSParser.java:2919)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.COSParser.retrieveTrailer(COSParser.java:286)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.PDFParser.initialParse(PDFParser.java:173)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.PDFParser.parse(PDFParser.java:226)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument.load(PDDocument.java:1099)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument.load(PDDocument.java:1082)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument.load(PDDocument.java:1023)
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was (Author: tilman):
I need the password.

> Is there a way for PDFBox to decrypt encrypted pdf files without providing 
> the password?
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PDFBOX-5096
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-5096
>             Project: PDFBox
>          Issue Type: Wish
>            Reporter: Ling Hock Hin, Daniel
>            Priority: Major
>         Attachments: function.txt, test_e_file.pdf
>
>
> My application needs to remove metadata of pdf files when uploaded. When 
> attempting to  load and remove metadata of encrypted pdf files, I get the 
> logs below.
>  
>  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_275] at 
> java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_275]Caused by: 
> java.lang.IllegalStateException: PDF contains an encryption dictionary, 
> please remove it with setAllSecurityToBeRemoved() or set a protection policy 
> with protect() at 
> org.apache.pdfbox.pdfwriter.COSWriter.write(COSWriter.java:1367) 
> ~[pdfbox-2.0.22.jar:2.0.22] at 
> org.apache.pdfbox.pdfwriter.COSWriter.write(COSWriter.java:1319) 
> ~[pdfbox-2.0.22.jar:2.0.22] at 
> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument.save(PDDocument.java:1357) 
> ~[pdfbox-2.0.22.jar:2.0.22]
>  
> Tried to use the code below but it does not seem to work.
> PDDocument document = PDDocument.load(documentBytes);
>  if (document.isEncrypted()) {
>  document.setAllSecurityToBeRemoved(true);
>  }
>  
> Appreciate your advice.
>  



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