Long, slightly complicated story...for months I was using CF on a computer without a network connection, so all my lists are only stored locally. Since I last used that computer, the security policies have changed such that I can't start CF because it requires admin privileges and I don't have that. I need to recover the lists I was using on that computer. Is there any tool I can use to examine the database and recover my lists?

Yeah, I'm afraid it is. I can't remove the file from the computer it's on.
If it's in one of the common database formats - like SQLite - I might be able to find a reader for that database. It didn't look like SQLite.