Yes, the universal forwarder can do remote wmi polling:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Deploy/DeployaWindowsdfmanually
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/ConsiderationsfordecidinghowtomonitorWindowsdata#Polling_data_remotely_over_WMI.3F_Be_sure_to_read_this
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