Gather PDF Authors
Description
This module downloads PDF documents and extracts the author's name from the document metadata. This module expects a URL to be provided using the URL option. Alternatively, multiple URLs can be provided by supplying the path to a file containing a list of URLs in the URL_LIST option. The URL_TYPE option is used to specify the type of URLs supplied. By specifying 'pdf' for the URL_TYPE, the module will treat the specified URL(s) as PDF documents. The module will download the documents and extract the authors' names from the document metadata. By specifying 'html' for the URL_TYPE, the module will treat the specified URL(s) as HTML pages. The module will scrape the pages for links to PDF documents, download the PDF documents, and extract the author's name from the document metadata.
Author(s)
- bcoles <bcoles@gmail.com>
Development
Module Options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use auxiliary/gather/http_pdf_authors
msf auxiliary(http_pdf_authors) > show actions
...actions...
msf auxiliary(http_pdf_authors) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(http_pdf_authors) > show options
...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(http_pdf_authors) > run 
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