Get information about a search session.
AI agents call search_pdf_info to retrieve information from PDF Tools MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves information about a search session without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure read operation consistent with the server's stated purpose of 'reading and extracting content from PDF files.' The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—an AI agent misusing this tool would only retrieve search metadata, not corrupt or delete data.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_pdf_info' and description 'Get information about a search session' indicate retrieval of metadata/state about an existing search operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get information about a search session. It is categorised as a Read tool in the PDF Tools MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the PDF Tools MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_pdf_info: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches PDF Tools MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_pdf_info is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the search_pdf_info rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for search_pdf_info. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
search_pdf_info is provided by the PDF Tools MCP Server MCP server (lockon-n/pdf-tools-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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