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by netheril96 39 days ago
You are assuming that LPE only applies to the user that holds all the sensitive stuff. But it also applies to users created specifically for isolation. Without LPE they would not have access to anything important even if they were compromised.
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It doesn't matter which "user" this goes through. If an attacker can get hold of a users control to the point where they can execute arbitrary scripts, you have already lost.