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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

Attested in

No recorded attestations. They are written when an MWE tagging stage is completed, stamped with the pack version and the document’s digest.

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 →
§1
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 →
§1
A virus that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document’s application to execute and propagate.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A virus that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document’s application to execute and propagate.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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