[clamav-users] pdf_find_and_extract_objs: Timeout reached in the PDF parser while extracting objects

[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020, Ralf Hildebrandt via clamav-users wrote:

> In my log I'm seeing a lot of:
>
> Sep 18 11:27:34 proxy-cbf-1 clamd[791]: LibClamAV Error: pdf_find_and_extract_objs: Timeout reached in the PDF parser while extracting objects.
> ...
> What is the timeout value?
> Can it be configured?

See NEWS.md in the top level directory of the ClamAV distribution,
look for 'CL_ENGINE_MAX_SCANTIME'.

> Is there any way of preserving the files for further analysis?

man clamd.conf

See in 'LeaveTemporaryFiles' in particular, and possibly 'ForceToDisk'.

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73,
Ged.