CVE-2005-0918: Adobe Svg Viewer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The NPSVG3.dll ActiveX control for Adobe SVG Viewer 3.02 and earlier, when running on Internet Explorer, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by setting the src property to the target filename and using Javascript to determine if the web page immediately stops loading, which indicates whether the file exists or not.

Affected products

• Adobe Svg Viewer: up to and including 3.02

Published 2005-05-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.