[PDFBOX-4436] Error opening encrypted PDF in Acrobat IOS/Android

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.13
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.15, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: Crypto
• Environment: Linux, OSX
• Assignee: Tilman Hausherr
• Reporter: Klaus Mueller
• Created: 18/Jan/19 12:25
• Updated: 12/Apr/19 14:39
• Resolved: 08/Mar/19 10:37

Description

When encrypting a PDF document using command line, the encrypted PDF is not useable in Acrobat Reader IOS or Android.

Command Line:

java -jar pdfbox-app-2.0.13.jar Encrypt -O test -U test -keyLength 256 -canAssemble false -canExtractContent false -canModify false -canModifyAnnotations false plain.pdf testenc.pdf 

Other viewers like Foxit work.

Java Version:

java version "1.8.0_201"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_201-b09)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.201-b09, mixed mode)

Tried encryption under Linux and OSX.