Legacy WordBasic macro-virus markers

OLE_LEGACY_WORDBASIC_MACRO_VIRUS

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high OLE_LEGACY_WORDBASIC_MACRO_VIRUS

What it means

Legacy WordBasic auto-execution markers co-occur with macro-virus family or macro-management strings.

Why it fires

Historical Word macro viruses often stored WordBasic macro content in legacy WordDocument structures, with strings such as ToolsMacro, MacroFile$, fileMacro$, globMacro$, Wazzu, RSN/SIRPA, WM.Colors, CAP/CAPut, AAAZ/PAYLOAD, or similar family markers. These are not modern VBA projects, so standard VBA extraction can miss them. The finding detail names observed sub-families/behaviors when possible, and the scanner carves a readable legacy WordBasic text excerpt for analyst review.

Other Office heuristics

OLE_VBA_AFFINE_MSI_DOWNLOADER OLE_VBA_AUTOEXEC_FRAGMENTED_SHELL OLE_VBA_DESTRUCTIVE_WORKBOOK_SHUTDOWN OLE_VBA_BIDIRECTIONAL_MACROCOPY_REPLICATION OOXML_BRAND_LINK_MISMATCH_LURE CVE_2016_7262 POLYGLOT_OOXML_REL_COMMAND OLE_RAW_PCODE_CROSS_DOCUMENT_REPLICATION OLE_VBA_CROSS_WORKBOOK_REPLICATION OOXML_XLM_DANGEROUS_FN OFFICE_DEFAULT_PASSWORD_VBA_DROP_EXEC OFFICE_EMBEDDED_SWF EMBEDDED_OFFICE_CHILD_STATIC_TRIAGE OFFICE_EMBEDDED_MACRO_OBJECT OLE_EMBEDDED_EXE OLE_VBA_EMBEDDED_PE_DROPPER OLE_ENCRYPTED_AND_MALFORMED CVE_2017_11882_EQUATION_NATIVE_CMD_RELATED CVE_2017_11882 OLE_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVE_DOWNLOADER OLE_MTEF_NATIVE_CODE_STUB OLE_EQUATION_OLE10NATIVE_SHELLCODE OOXML_XLM_MACRO_IN_WORKSHEET OLE_XLS5_LAROUX_MACRO_VIRUS