A Universal Malicious Documents Static Detection Framework Based on Feature Generalization

In this study, Portable Document Format (PDF), Word, Excel, Rich Test format (RTF) and image documents are taken as the research objects to study a static and fast method by which to detect malicious documents. Malicious PDF and Word document features are abstracted and extended, which can be used t...

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Published in:Applied sciences Vol. 11; no. 24; p. 12134
Main Authors: Lu, Xiaofeng, Wang, Fei, Jiang, Cheng, Lio, Pietro
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2021
Subjects:
Active learning
Anti-virus software
Design
feature generalization
JavaScript
Keywords
machine learning
malicious document detection
Methods
static detection
ISSN:2076-3417, 2076-3417
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Summary:In this study, Portable Document Format (PDF), Word, Excel, Rich Test format (RTF) and image documents are taken as the research objects to study a static and fast method by which to detect malicious documents. Malicious PDF and Word document features are abstracted and extended, which can be used to detect other types of documents. A universal static detection framework for malicious documents based on feature generalization is then proposed. The generalized features include specification check errors, the structure path, code keywords, and the number of objects. The proposed method is verified on two datasets, and is compared with Kaspersky, NOD32, and McAfee antivirus software. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves good performance in terms of the detection accuracy, runtime, and scalability. The average F1-score of all types of documents is found to be 0.99, and the average detection time of a document is 0.5926 s, which is at the same level as the compared antivirus software.
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ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app112412134