Compiled VBA cross-document replication

OLE_RAW_PCODE_CROSS_DOCUMENT_REPLICATION

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critical OLE_RAW_PCODE_CROSS_DOCUMENT_REPLICATION

What it means

Compiled VBA/cache bytes expose an automatic event, project-code editing, and a foreign Office target.

Why it fires

When VBA source is stomped or cannot be decompressed, its compiled identifier streams can still reveal the complete replication chain: an automatic event, VBProject/VBComponents/CodeModule access, AddFromString/InsertLines/DeleteLines, and a NormalTemplate, active-document, workbook, or XLSTART target.

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_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 OLE_VBA_XLSTART_WORKBOOK_PERSISTENCE