xreader does not respect disabled permission to copy

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop, security

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with a PDF whose copying or printing permissions are disabled, using the listed Xreader and Linux Mint versions. Trace the document permission handling from the copy and print actions; done means both actions respect the corresponding PDF restrictions.

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Description

 * Xreader version 3.2.2
 * Distribution - Mint 20.3

Issue

xreader does not respect PDF security features

Steps to reproduce

  1. Get PDF with copying disallowed (via password based options to turn off copying/printing)
  2. Open the file in xreader
  3. Select text and copy. Or print if printing is disallowed.

Expected behaviour

xreader should not allow copying or printing, depending on the permissions given.

Other information

Dominant language
C
Stars
283
Forks
82
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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