US Patent 10275596 Activating malicious actions within electronic documents

A method and system for activating malicious actions within electronic documents is described. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving, by a processor of a computing device, the electronic document; identifying, by the processor, an object embedded within the electronic document; identifying, by the processor, an action associated with execution of the object; executing, by the processor, the action within a context of rules associated with the object; identifying, by the processor, at least one behavior that results from execution of the action; and determining, by the processor, an existence of at least one malicious element from the identified behavior.