macro virus
nounid
3189·updated May 9, 2026verified
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 →
- §1
- 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.
- §1
- A virus that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document’s application to execute and propagate.
- §1
- A virus that attaches itself to documents and uses the macro programming capabilities of the document’s application to execute and propagate.
- §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
Outgoing relationships
- related
- →Virusnoun
Incoming relationships
- related
- ←Virusnoun