List installed Windows Updates using WMIC

I have recently been trying to find a way to export a list of some, but not all installed Windows Updates and patches on a Windows 2008 server. WMIC is a Windows command that has been available in Windows for a long time and has become a tool that can perform many kinds of actions and queries.
Microsoft has created a tool called Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer that helps you determine the security state in accordance with Microsoft security recommendations and offers specific remediation guidance, but I have not tried it to see if all patches and updates are exported.

Open a Windows Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and type the following command

wmic qfe get

The result presented in plain text

Caption                                        CSName    Description      FixComments  HotFixID   InstallDate  InstalledBy          InstalledOn  Name  ServicePackInEffect  Status  
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133041  PC-NAME Update                        982861                  pc-name\username      3/20/2011                                       
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=161784  PC-NAME Update                        KB971033                NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  8/9/2010                                        
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2305420     PC-NAME Security Update               KB2305420               NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  12/17/2010                                      
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2393802     PC-NAME Security Update               KB2393802               NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM  2/10/2011
...

WMIC can also be used to gather other Windows related information and this is a list with many wmic commands I have copied from Tech-Wreck InfoSec Blog: WMIC Command Line Kung-Fu in case the site becomes unavailable.
This site has produced many interesting articles and is well worth a visit.

Description – Command
Spot Odd Executables – wmic PROCESS WHERE “NOT ExecutablePath LIKE ‘%Windows%'” GET ExecutablePath
Look at services that are set to start automatically – wmic SERVICE WHERE StartMode=”Auto” GET Name, State
Find user-created shares (usually not hidden) – wmic SHARE WHERE “NOT Name LIKE ‘%$'” GET Name, Path
Find stuff that starts on boot – wmic STARTUP GET Caption, Command, User
Identify any local system accounts that are enabled (guest, etc.) – wmic USERACCOUNT WHERE “Disabled=0 AND LocalAccount=1″ GET Name”
Change Start Mode of Service – wmic service where (name like “Fax” OR name like “Alerter”) CALL ChangeStartMode Disabled
Number of Logons Per USERID – wmic netlogin where (name like “%skodo”) get numberoflogons
Obtain a Certain Kind of Event from Eventlog – wmic ntevent where (message like “%logon%”) list brief
Clear the Eventlog (Security example) – wmic nteventlog where (description like “%secevent%”) call cleareventlog
Get Mac Address – wmic nic get macaddress
Reboot or Shutdown – wmic os where buildnumber=”2600″ call reboot
Update static IP address – wmic nicconfig where index=9 call enablestatic(“192.168.16.4”), (“255.255.255.0”)
Change network gateway – wmic nicconfig where index=9 call setgateways(“192.168.16.4”, “192.168.16.5”),(1,2)
Enable DHCP – wmic nicconfig where index=9 call enabledhcp
Service Management – wmic service where caption=”DHCP Client” call changestartmode “Disabled”
Start an Application – wmic process call create “calc.exe”
Terminate an Application – wmic process where name=”calc.exe” call terminate
Change Process Priority – wmic process where name=”explorer.exe” call setpriority 64
Get List of Process Identifiers – wmic process where (Name=’svchost.exe’) get name,processid

Information About Harddrives – wmic logicaldisk where drivetype=3 get name, freespace, systemname, filesystem, size, volumeserialnumber
Information about os – wmic os get bootdevice, buildnumber, caption, freespaceinpagingfiles, installdate, name, systemdrive, windowsdirectory /format:htable > c:\osinfo.htm
Information about files – wmic path cim_datafile where “Path=’\\windows\\system32\\wbem\\’ and FileSize>1784088” > c:\wbemfiles.txt
Process list – wmic process get /format:htable > c:\process.htm
Retrieve list of warning and error events not from system or security logs – WMIC NTEVENT WHERE “EventType<3 AND LogFile != ‘System’ AND LogFile != ‘Security'” GET LogFile, SourceName, EventType, Message, TimeGenerated /FORMAT:”htable.xsl”:” datatype = number”:” sortby = EventType” > c:\appevent.htm
Total Hard Drive Space Check – wmic LOGICALDISK LIST BRIEF
Get Running Services Information – Wmic service where (state=”running”) get caption, name, startmode, state
Get Startmode of Services – Wmic service get caption, name, startmode, state
Get Domain Names And When Account PWD set to Expire – WMIC UserAccount GET name,PasswordExpires /Value
Get Hotfix and Security Patch Information – WMIC QFE GET /format:CSV >QFE.CSV
Get Startup List – wmic startup list full
Find a specific Process – wmic process list brief
find “cmd.exe”
Get List of IP Interfaces – wmic nicconfig where IPEnabled=’true’
Change IP Address – wmic nicconfig where Index=1 call EnableStatic (“10.10.10.10”), (“255.255.255.0”)
OS/System Report HTML Formatted – wmic /output:c:\os.html os get /format:hform
Products/Programs Installed Report HTML Formatted – wmic /output:c:\product.html product get /format:hform
Services Report on a Remote Machine HTML Formatted – wmic /output:c:\services.htm /node:server1 service list full / format:htable
Turn on Remoted Desktop Remotely! – Wmic /node:”servername” /user:”user@domain” /password: “password”
RDToggle where ServerName=”server name” call SetAllowTSConnections 1
Get Server Drive Space Usage Remotely – WMIC /Node:%%A LogicalDisk Where DriveType=”3″ Get DeviceID,FileSystem,FreeSpace,Size /Format:csv
MORE /E +2 >> SRVSPACE.CSV
Get PC Serial Number – wmic /node:”HOST” bios get serialnumber
Get PC Product Number – wmic /node:”HOST” baseboard get product
Get Services for Remote Machine in HTML Format – wmic /output:c:\services.htm /node:server1 service list full / format:htable