Some file formats are more vulnerable toexploits than others. Document and spreadsheet programs, for example,are often exploited, possibly as much because of their prevalence ondesktops as from any other reason. That said, updating them is ofteneasier precisely because of their widespread use, since updates areoften automatic or are otherwise easily obtained.
Less pervasive programs, though, are often harder to keep current. Aprime example of this is the archive format, with extensions such as.zip, .rar, etc. There are a wide number of different programsavailable for different platforms; more importantly, they havehistorically been quite vulnerable to exploits.
When security vendors discuss a newly-identified vulnerability in aprogram, there is always the hope that users have the latest version orthat they will quickly upgrade. As we all know, though, the reality isquite different. Even at the enterprise level, employees of any givencompany are...