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Bug #78655 Substitute character (^Z) in PDF breaks mime type detection
Submitted: 2019-10-09 11:34 UTC Modified: 2019-11-11 09:54 UTC
Votes:3
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:3 of 3 (100.0%)
Same Version:3 (100.0%)
Same OS:3 (100.0%)
From: dick at tellow dot nl Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: *Directory/Filesystem functions
PHP Version: 7.1.32 OS: macOS 10.15
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2019-10-09 11:34 UTC] dick at tellow dot nl 
Description:
------------
Substitute character (^Z) in PDF breaks mime type detection.


If the broken.pdf file contains:

```
%PDF-1.3^M$
%�����������^M$
4 0 obj^M$
<< /Length 2625 /Filter [ /FlateDecode ] >>^M$
stream^M$
x��^Z$
Ug�$
$
%%EOF$
```

getting the MIME type via `finfo` or `mime_content_type` returns the incorrect 'application/octet-stream' instead of the expected 'application/pdf'.

Problem occurs on localhost macOS and remote server running Linux.

Test script:
---------------
$finfo = new \finfo(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
var_dump($finfo->file('broken.pdf'));
= string(24) "application/octet-stream"

Expected result:
----------------
application/pdf

Actual result:
--------------
application/octet-stream

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 [2019-10-09 12:00 UTC] leeuwd at me dot com 
Substitute character (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitute_character): "In Unix operating systems, this character is typically used to suspend the currently executing interactive process"

Could be the culprit.
 [2019-10-13 18:39 UTC] cmb@php.net 
What does file(1) report?
 [2019-10-21 08:06 UTC] dick at tellow dot nl 
var_dump(file('broken.pdf')) returns

array(9) { [0]=> string(13) "%PDF-1.3 " [1]=> string(36) "%����������� " [2]=> string(9) "4 0 obj " [3]=> string(45) "<< /Length 2625 /Filter [ /FlateDecode ] >> " [4]=> string(8) "stream " [5]=> string(9) "x�� " [6]=> string(6) "Ug� " [7]=> string(1) " " [8]=> string(6) "%%EOF " }
 [2019-10-21 14:02 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2019-10-21 14:02 UTC] requinix@php.net 
@cmb means the file command run from the terminal.

$ file broken.pdf
 [2019-10-21 14:07 UTC] dick at tellow dot nl 
file broken.pdf
=> broken.pdf: data
 [2019-11-03 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because
we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
If this is not the case and you are able to provide the
information that was requested earlier, please do so and
change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you.
 [2019-11-04 09:16 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: No Feedback +Status: Not a bug -Package: *General Issues +Package: *Directory/Filesystem functions -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2019-11-04 09:16 UTC] cmb@php.net 
> file broken.pdf
> => broken.pdf: data

So this looks like an upstream issue, and should reported to
<https://bugs.astron.com/my_view_page.php>.
 [2019-11-11 09:47 UTC] dick at tellow dot nl 
The issue is still present! 

Can't re-open:this website from the 90s does not allow me to login nor request a new password.
 [2019-11-11 09:54 UTC] cmb@php.net 
> The issue is still present!

Has it already been fixed upstream?
 
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