How do I move a file with 'no access' permissions?

I have a file on a computer that I do not have administrator access on. The file's permissions are -r--------, so the system can read the file only and no one else can read or write the file (or execute the file, but it's a text file so that's not really applicable).
Basically, I'm trying either to change the permissions (remember, I am not the administrator of this computer, so Get Info>Permissions doesn't work, and chmod +r "file" in Terminal doesn't work either) or to move the file to another computer (where I'm the admin) where I can change the permissions.
Having no access to a file is really annoying, because it can't even be moved, or at least easily. I've tried copying to various folders, airdropping, sharing via iMessage, opening the file in various applications, compressing the enclosing folder, burning it to a disk (I have a MBA so that doesn't work lol), creating an alias, moving it to the trash, and even dragging the file into a rich text file in TextEdit. Of all those things I've tried, the only successful attempt was to drag the file into a TextEdit document, but I got the rtf file onto the other computer and had no idea how to extract the file I had seemingly just copied into the rtf document.
I also tried copying the enclosing folder (and enclosing folders many layers out) but the copies always failed because I need to be an administrator to copy that single file deep within the folders. I guess it was worth a shot
Is there some obscure way of moving this file? Or of changing the permissions? Remember I have absolutely zero admin access to this computer (long story).
Anything you can come up with will help! You don't need the whole backstory to my predicament but basically I'm transferring the system key for the system keychain so I can open the system keychain on the computer with admin access. Thanks!

Contact the machine's administrator. Only they can change the permissions.

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