arXiv AI By Pukaphol Thienpreecha ("Volk")

CrackedPDFs: A Controlled Benchmark for Hidden Prompt Injection in PDFs

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arXiv:2607. 19396v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Document-based LLM systems often flatten a PDF before guardrails inspect it.

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