UNCanny: a Windows AppX/InstallService coercion primitive with an LPE angle

A Windows internals experiment found a coercion primitive around AppX and InstallService with local privilege escalation implications

Hi! I just published UNCanny, a small Windows research experiment around a new coercion primitive I found while digging through AppX and InstallService internals, with an LPE exploitation angle that comes from the same weird path. Because
Ranked #13 on backlist 2026-06-13 (13 Jun 2026 UTC) · by (Hossam) ·

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