AcroForm button with action trigger

PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

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low PDF_ACROFORM_BUTTON

What it means

PDF contains a /Btn form field paired with a SubmitForm/URI/Launch/JS trigger.

Why it fires

Large interactive form buttons are the common 'fake download button' in phishing PDFs. Attackers overlay a /Btn field on a screenshot of a legitimate document to create the illusion of a clickable download link. /Btn appears in essentially every fillable PDF form, so the rule only fires when paired with a remote-action trigger — the actual phishing-button shape.

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