Can't edit PDF, not even select anything

Hello community!
I got a PDF that is not write-protected, not passworded, not restricted in any way from what my Acrobat 9 tells me, nor it does not seems to be PDF/X, PDF/E or PDF/A.
But I can not edit anything or even select text or objects. The pages are normal A4 pages with text and images, nothing scanned, created in Indesign CS5.5 (from the document properties), but exported
with something called Ghostscript.
Any clue what switch I need to toggle to make this refusing POS bend to my will?
Thanks in advance.

Does it definitely contain any text? You can test that by trying to copy/paste text. It could be outlined shapes (nasty, but often done).
Does it definitely contain images? A photo is an image but a logo might be drawn shapes.
What happens if you use the Touch-Up Object Tool (not Select Object Tool), then Edit > Select all?

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