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macro virus

nounid 3189·updated May 9, 2026
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A virus that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document’s application to execute and propagate.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat90%rule-basedr:entity.threat.attack.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
macro viruses
possessive
macro virus's
pluralpossessive
macro viruses'

Framework definitions

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
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A type of malicious code that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document’s application to execute, replicate, and spread or propagate itself.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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A virus that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document’s application to execute and propagate.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
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A virus that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document’s application to execute and propagate.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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