A user receives a potentially malicious email that contains spelling errors and a PDF document. A security analyst revie

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A user receives a potentially malicious email that contains spelling errors and a PDF document. A security analyst revie

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A user receives a potentially malicious email that contains spelling errors and a PDF document. A security analyst reviews the email and decides to download the attachment to a Linux sandbox for review.
Which of the following commands would MOST likely indicate if the email is malicious?

A. sha256sum ~/Desktop/file.pdf
B. file ~/Desktop/file.pdf
C. strings ~/Desktop/file.pdf | grep "<script" Most Voted
D. cat < ~/Desktop/file.pdf | grep -i .exe
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