Password-protected PDF sample

An encrypted one-page PDF that asks for a password before it opens. The password is "sample".

sample-pdf-password-protected.pdf

2.28 KB2,331 bytes

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Type: application/pdf
SHA-256: 8a856003500abc3dd3b8053291059a53fdcec82f1b1740efef5b285cd3d956cb
Direct URL: https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/samples/sample-pdf-password-protected.pdf

Why test with this file

Shows what your application does with a document it cannot read: a clear message and a password prompt, or a failed preview, a blank thumbnail and a stuck processing job.

Password to open	sample
Owner password	sample-owner
Encryption	AES-128 (standard security handler, V 4, R 4)
PDF version	1.6
Permissions	All allowed once opened
Pages	1
Metadata encrypted	Yes

What to check

After your application has processed sample-pdf-password-protected.pdf, confirm that:

Without a password the file is reported as encrypted, not as corrupt, and nothing crashes or hangs.
A wrong password is refused, and the right one shows a page that says the password was accepted.
Text extraction, thumbnailing and virus scanning each have a defined outcome for a file they cannot open.

First bytes of the file

The first 64 bytes of sample-pdf-password-protected.pdf as a hex dump: offset, bytes, then the same bytes as text. The PDF signature is 25 50 44 46 2D.

00000000  25 50 44 46 2d 31 2e 36 0a 25 e2 e3 cf d3 0a 31  |%PDF-1.6.%.....1|
00000010  20 30 20 6f 62 6a 0a 3c 3c 20 2f 54 79 70 65 20  | 0 obj.<< /Type |
00000020  2f 43 61 74 61 6c 6f 67 20 2f 50 61 67 65 73 20  |/Catalog /Pages |
00000030  32 20 30 20 52 20 3e 3e 0a 65 6e 64 6f 62 6a 0a  |2 0 R >>.endobj.|

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Technical details

File name	sample-pdf-password-protected.pdf
Format	PDF (Portable Document Format)
Extension	.pdf
MIME type	application/pdf
Size	2,331 bytes (2.28 KB)
Kind	Binary
Signature	25 50 44 46 2D
SHA-256	8a856003500abc3dd3b8053291059a53fdcec82f1b1740efef5b285cd3d956cb
Created	2026-10-10
Validation	Exact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated
Preview	Available on this page
Source	Generated for this site; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	Documents

Validated for expected format and integrity. As with any download, scan the file with your own security tools before opening it. How files are made and checked

Download from the command line and verify

Fetch the file with curl, then compare its checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

curl -o sample-pdf-password-protected.pdf 'https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/samples/sample-pdf-password-protected.pdf'
sha256sum sample-pdf-password-protected.pdf     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-pdf-password-protected.pdf # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-pdf-password-protected.pdf -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. A matching value proves that the download is complete and unaltered.

About PDF

Fixed-layout documents that look the same on every device. The most common format for upload forms that accept documents.

PDF format reference

Where it fits

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