Prevent user from using illegal characters in output filename

Add some checks in the Dangerzone GUI and CLI that will prevent a user
from mistakenly adding illegal characters in the output filename.

dangerzone/document.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import enum
 import logging
 import os
+import platform
+import re
 import secrets
-from pathlib import Path
+from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath, PureWindowsPath
 from typing import Optional
 
 from . import errors, util
@@ -68,6 +70,20 @@ class Document:
     def validate_output_filename(filename: str) -> None:
         if not filename.endswith(".pdf"):
             raise errors.NonPDFOutputFileException()
+
+        if platform.system() == "Windows":
+            final_filename = PureWindowsPath(filename).name
+            illegal_chars_regex = re.compile(r"[\"*/:<>?\\|]")
+        else:
+            final_filename = PurePosixPath(filename).name
+            illegal_chars_regex = re.compile(r"[\\]")
+
+        if platform.system() in ("Windows", "Darwin"):
+            match = illegal_chars_regex.search(final_filename)
+            if match:
+                # filename contains illegal characters
+                raise errors.IllegalOutputFilenameException(match.group(0))
+
         if not os.access(Path(filename).parent, os.W_OK):
             # in unwriteable directory
             raise errors.UnwriteableOutputDirException()

dangerzone/errors.py

@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ class NonPDFOutputFileException(DocumentFilenameException):
         super().__init__("Safe PDF filename must end in '.pdf'")
 
 
+class IllegalOutputFilenameException(DocumentFilenameException):
+    """Exception for when the output file contains illegal characters."""
+
+    def __init__(self, char: str) -> None:
+        super().__init__(f"Illegal character: {char}")
+
+
 class UnwriteableOutputDirException(DocumentFilenameException):
     """Exception for when the output file is not writeable."""
 

dangerzone/gui/main_window.py

@@ -810,23 +810,29 @@ class SettingsWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget):
         self.safe_extension = QtWidgets.QLineEdit()
         self.safe_extension.setStyleSheet("margin-left: -6px;")  # no left margin
         self.safe_extension.textChanged.connect(self.update_ui)
-        self.safe_extension_invalid = QtWidgets.QLabel("(must end in .pdf)")
+        self.safe_extension_invalid = QtWidgets.QLabel("")
         self.safe_extension_invalid.setStyleSheet("color: red")
         self.safe_extension_invalid.hide()
         self.safe_extension_name_layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
         self.safe_extension_name_layout.setSpacing(0)
         self.safe_extension_name_layout.addWidget(self.safe_extension_filename)
         self.safe_extension_name_layout.addWidget(self.safe_extension)
-
         # FIXME: Workaround for https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone/issues/339.
         # We should drop this once we drop Ubuntu Focal support.
         if hasattr(QtGui, "QRegularExpressionValidator"):
-            dot_pdf_regex = QtCore.QRegularExpression(r".*\.[Pp][Dd][Ff]")
+            QRegEx = QtCore.QRegularExpression
-            validator = QtGui.QRegularExpressionValidator(dot_pdf_regex)
+            QRegExValidator = QtGui.QRegularExpressionValidator
         else:
-            dot_pdf_regex = QtCore.QRegExp(r".*\.[Pp][Dd][Ff]")  # type: ignore [assignment]
+            QRegEx = QtCore.QRegExp  # type: ignore [assignment]
-            validator = QtGui.QRegExpValidator(dot_pdf_regex)  # type: ignore [call-overload]
+            QRegExValidator = QtGui.QRegExpValidator  # type: ignore [assignment]
-        self.safe_extension.setValidator(validator)
+        self.dot_pdf_validator = QRegExValidator(QRegEx(r".*\.[Pp][Dd][Ff]"))
+        if platform.system() == "Linux":
+            illegal_chars_regex = r"[/]"
+        elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
+            illegal_chars_regex = r"[\\]"
+        else:
+            illegal_chars_regex = r"[\"*/:<>?\\|]"
+        self.illegal_chars_regex = QRegEx(illegal_chars_regex)
         self.safe_extension_layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
         self.safe_extension_layout.addWidget(self.save_checkbox)
         self.safe_extension_layout.addWidget(self.safe_extension_label)
@@ -969,14 +975,32 @@ class SettingsWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget):
             # ignore validity if not saving file
             self.safe_extension_invalid.hide()
             return True
+        return (
+            self.check_safe_extension_illegal_chars()
+            and self.check_safe_extension_dot_pdf()
+        )
 
-        if self.safe_extension.hasAcceptableInput():
+    def check_safe_extension_illegal_chars(self) -> bool:
-            self.safe_extension_invalid.hide()
+        match = self.illegal_chars_regex.match(self.safe_extension.text())
-            return True
+        if match.hasMatch():
-        else:
+            self.set_safe_extension_invalid_label(
-            # prevent starting conversion until correct
+                f"illegal character: {match.captured()}"
-            self.safe_extension_invalid.show()
+            )
             return False
+        self.safe_extension_invalid.hide()
+        return True
+
+    def check_safe_extension_dot_pdf(self) -> bool:
+        self.safe_extension.setValidator(self.dot_pdf_validator)
+        if not self.safe_extension.hasAcceptableInput():
+            self.set_safe_extension_invalid_label("must end in .pdf")
+            return False
+        self.safe_extension_invalid.hide()
+        return True
+
+    def set_safe_extension_invalid_label(self, string: str) -> None:
+        self.safe_extension_invalid.setText(string)
+        self.safe_extension_invalid.show()
 
     def check_either_save_or_open(self) -> bool:
         return (

tests/test_document.py

@@ -79,6 +79,24 @@ def test_output_file_not_pdf(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     assert not os.path.exists(docx_file)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(platform.system() != "Windows", reason="Windows-specific")
+def test_illegal_output_filename_windows(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    d = Document()
+
+    for char in '"*:<>?':
+        with pytest.raises(errors.IllegalOutputFilenameException):
+            d.output_filename = str(tmp_path / f"illegal{char}name.pdf")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(platform.system() != "Darwin", reason="MacOS-specific")
+def test_illegal_output_filename_macos(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    illegal_name = str(tmp_path / "illegal\\name.pdf")
+    d = Document()
+
+    with pytest.raises(errors.IllegalOutputFilenameException):
+        d.output_filename = illegal_name
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(platform.system() == "Windows", reason="Unix-specific")
 def test_archive_unwriteable_dir(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     doc = tmp_path / "doc.pdf"