If you are aiming at the top of a shulker box when it's closing, you can shift+click and place a block on a normally non accessible face.
Steps to reproduce :
Place a shulker box on the ground and stand as close as possible.
Aim at the top of the box and open it.
Now, you need to very quickly close the inventory, and shift+right click with a block
The outcome really depend on your position relative to the box, and where you are aiming. If you do it correctly, you can successfully place a block on the 5 others faces of the box. It also works for all the different shulker box facing.
Here is the GIF of it in action: http://i.imgur.com/crOwIEt.gifv
Could easily reproduce in 1.12.2, but can no longer in 18w22c. Appears to be fixed.