Hiding Sensitive Information Using PDF Steganography

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00865v1
• Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 20:54:12 GMT
• Title: Hiding Sensitive Information Using PDF Steganography
• Authors: Ryan Klemm, Bo Chen,
• Abstract summary: We present a novel PDF steganography algorithm based upon least-significant bit insertion into the real-valued operands of PDF stream operators. We also provide a case study which embeds malware into a given cover PDF document.
• Score: 3.6533698604619587
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The use of steganography to transmit secret data is becoming increasingly common in security products and malware today. Despite being extremely popular, PDF files are not often the focus of steganography research, as most applications utilize digital image, audio, and video files as their cover data. However, the PDF file format is promising for usage in medium-capacity steganography applications. In this paper, we present a novel PDF steganography algorithm based upon least-significant bit insertion into the real-valued operands of PDF stream operators. Where prior research has only considered a small subset of these operators, we take an extensive look at all the possible operators defined in the Adobe PDF standard to evaluate their usability in our steganography algorithm. We also provide a case study which embeds malware into a given cover PDF document.

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