OOXML autoload OLE object target is missing

OOXML_MISSING_AUTOLOAD_OLEOBJECT

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critical OOXML_MISSING_AUTOLOAD_OLEOBJECT

What it means

Spreadsheet declares an auto-loaded OLE object, but the referenced embedded OLE part is absent.

Why it fires

Excel is instructed to activate an embedded OLE object through an `oleObject` relationship and worksheet declaration, but the target part is missing from the ZIP. With autoLoad, VML shape context, or a random-looking ProgID, the package is a payload-stripped or malformed OLE activation carrier. This is not a specific CVE attribution unless the embedded OLE payload is present and contains a recoverable vulnerable-parser primitive.

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