[bo1024]

As you see later, it uses cat to dump the contents of a file it’s not allowed to open itself.

[jodrellblank]

It's full of the hacker spirit. This is just the kind of 'clever' workaround or thinking outside the box that so many computer challenges, human puzzles, blueteaming/redteaming, capture the flag, exploits, programmers, like. If a human does it.